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lumiwa

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Registered: 2005-12-26

Posts: 712

new ati drivers

Minimum System Requirements 
Before attempting to install the ATI Proprietary Linux driver, the following software must be installed: 

XOrg 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, or 7.0; XFree86 version 4.1, 4.2, or 4.3 
Linux kernel 2.4 or higher 
glibc version 2.2 or 2.3 
POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm) support is required for 3D applications 

I did check ATI site and there are new drivers

Cerebral

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From: Waterloo, ON, CA

Registered: 2005-04-08

Posts: 3,108

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Re: new ati drivers

Yup, I'm running them right now on the 2.6.15 archck kernel and I'm happy to report the freeze-on-exit problem I've been having since 8.20 seems to be gone now. WOO!  -=edit=- Maybe I spoke too soon on this one... I hate bugs that you have to wait hours before you can test properly. ;_;

They seem to support the X1k series of cards now too.  Awesome stuff.

Iphitus is aware of the update, and will likely provide updated packages once this odd problem with "Makefile.lib.c" gets resolved (noted in some other thread on the forum)

Komodo

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From: Oxford, UK

Registered: 2005-11-03

Posts: 674

Re: new ati drivers

eh?  I just checked the latest ati driver installer, and it's not for Xorg 7.0 . What the dealio? Are we looking in the same place?

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/def … lderID=300

That's the one I'm trying.

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vidal

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Registered: 2006-04-03

Posts: 12

Re: new ati drivers

eh?  I just checked the latest ati driver installer, and it's not for Xorg 7.0 . What the dealio? Are we looking in the same place?

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/def … lderID=300

That's the one I'm trying.

The version for Xorg 6.9 works on 7.0. Use the installer.

Komodo

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From: Oxford, UK

Registered: 2005-11-03

Posts: 674

Re: new ati drivers

eh?  I just checked the latest ati driver installer, and it's not for Xorg 7.0 . What the dealio? Are we looking in the same place?

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/def … lderID=300

That's the one I'm trying.

The version for Xorg 6.9 works on 7.0. Use the installer.

root@kaminoitte:/var/abs/local/ati-drivers$ ./ati-driver-installer-8.24.8-x86.run 
Creating directory fglrx-install
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.24.8.......................................
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ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager 
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Detected configuration:
Architecture: i686 (32-bit)
 Server: Xorg 7.0.0

Detected version of X does not have a matching 'x700' directory
You may override the detected version using the following syntax:
    X_VERSION=<xdir> ./ati-driver-installer-<ver>-<arch>.run [--install]
The following values may be used for <xdir>:
x410        XFree86 4.1.x
x420        XFree86 4.2.x
x430        XFree86 4.3.x
x680        X.Org 6.8.x
x690        X.Org 6.9.x
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install

Using 'X_VERSION=x690' does not install things to the correct path, unsurprisingly (I've tried it once in the past ). So would someone care to tell me how exactly you install the drivers in Xorg 7.0 using the ATI installer script?

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vidal

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Registered: 2006-04-03

Posts: 12

Re: new ati drivers

Using 'X_VERSION=x690' does not install things to the correct path, unsurprisingly (I've tried it once in the past ). So would someone care to tell me how exactly you install the drivers in Xorg 7.0 using the ATI installer script?

This is what the installer does:

/usr/X11R6/lib/libaticonfig.a
/usr/X11R6/lib/libfglrx_dm.a
/usr/X11R6/lib/libfglrx_dm.so.1.0
/usr/X11R6/lib/libfglrx_gamma.a
/usr/X11R6/lib/libfglrx_gamma.so.1.0
/usr/X11R6/lib/libfglrx_pp.a
/usr/X11R6/lib/libfglrx_pp.so.1.0
/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/atiogl_a_dri.so
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so
/usr/X11R6/bin/aticonfig
/usr/X11R6/bin/fglrxinfo
/usr/X11R6/bin/fgl_glxgears
/usr/X11R6/bin/fglrx_xgamma
/usr/X11R6/bin/fireglcontrolpanel

and this is where the files should really go:

/usr/lib/libaticonfig.a
/usr/lib/libfglrx_dm.a
/usr/lib/libfglrx_dm.so.1.0
/usr/lib/libfglrx_gamma.a
/usr/lib/libfglrx_gamma.so.1.0
/usr/lib/libfglrx_pp.a
/usr/lib/libfglrx_pp.so.1.0
/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/atiogl_a_dri.so
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so
/usr/bin/aticonfig
/usr/bin/fglrxinfo
/usr/bin/fgl_glxgears
/usr/bin/fglrx_xgamma
/usr/bin/fireglcontrolpanel

Komodo

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From: Oxford, UK

Registered: 2005-11-03

Posts: 674

Re: new ati drivers

Hehe, well thanks for that vidal - Avenger told me all that in a different post a while back; I know how to do it manually, when I said 'can someone show me... using the ATI installer script', I genuinely meant using the script, not doing it manually; I guess my real question is where lumiwa got this from:

XOrg 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, or 7.0; XFree86 version 4.1, 4.2, or 4.3 

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vidal

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Registered: 2006-04-03

Posts: 12

Re: new ati drivers

Avenger told me all that in a different post a while back; I know how to do it manually, when I said 'can someone show me... using the ATI installer script', I genuinely meant using the script, not doing it manually; I guess my real question is where lumiwa got this from:

XOrg 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, or 7.0; XFree86 version 4.1, 4.2, or 4.3 

It says so in the release notes. I suppose ATI will make a proper 6.9/7.0 package soon, maybe even this year...

lumiwa

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Registered: 2005-12-26

Posts: 712

Re: new ati drivers

Hehe, well thanks for that vidal - Avenger told me all that in a different post a while back; I know how to do it manually, when I said 'can someone show me... using the ATI installer script', I genuinely meant using the script, not doing it manually; I guess my real question is where lumiwa got this from:

XOrg 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, or 7.0; XFree86 version 4.1, 4.2, or 4.3 

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/ … .24.8.html

...and there are:

"Minimum System Requirements
Before attempting to install the ATI Proprietary Linux driver, the following software must be installed:

XOrg 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, or 7.0; XFree86 version 4.1, 4.2, or 4.3
Linux kernel 2.4 or higher
glibc version 2.2 or 2.3
POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm) support is required for 3D applications "

lumiwa

Komodo

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From: Oxford, UK

Registered: 2005-11-03

Posts: 674

Re: new ati drivers

What the smeg?! So why haven't they made their installer for that version install everything into the correct location for Xorg 7.0, if X_VERSION x700 is detected? Bah...

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