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nenadsky

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From: Bor

Registered: 2009-05-20

Posts: 13

catalyst step-by-step installation tutorial

Hi!

I'm new to arch, and i have a problem with installing catalyst on my system.

I have ati radeon x550 graphics card.

Can anybody help me by giving me a step-by-step tutorial on how to install catalyst driver?

Thnx in advance

kensai

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From: Puerto Rico

Registered: 2005-06-03

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Re: catalyst step-by-step installation tutorial

Sure, pacman -S xf86-video-ati, that will give you the only working driver for your card, as catalyst dropped support for it since 9.4 and current version in AUR is 9.5.

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nenadsky

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From: Bor

Registered: 2009-05-20

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Re: catalyst step-by-step installation tutorial

Can older (etc. 9.3) driver, downloaded from ati site,  be installed instead, and how?

wonder

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Re: catalyst step-by-step installation tutorial

Can older (etc. 9.3) driver, downloaded from ati site,  be installed instead, and how?

no. 9.3 doesn't have support for the kernel and most important for the latest xorg. blame ati for the poor support

Last edited by wonder (2009-05-21 16:25:06)

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nenadsky

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From: Bor

Registered: 2009-05-20

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Re: catalyst step-by-step installation tutorial

Damn ati!

Pyntux

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Registered: 2008-12-21

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Re: catalyst step-by-step installation tutorial

OK, but can he do something to enable 3d acceleration and kwin effects?

P.S. nenadsky is my friend, but I don`t use ATI and don`t now anything about it....

Last edited by Pyntux (2009-05-21 17:35:51)

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kensai

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From: Puerto Rico

Registered: 2005-06-03

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Re: catalyst step-by-step installation tutorial

Sure, installing xf86-video-ati could give him some kind of 3d support, but I am not the best to describe what configuration xorg.conf needs after installing it. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI … figuration The wiki is very helpful in that respect.

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nenadsky

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From: Bor

Registered: 2009-05-20

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Re: catalyst step-by-step installation tutorial

thnx anyway!