On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 06:53 -0700, Ubence Quevedo wrote: > Hi All, > > I downloaded and installed the latest fglrx driver released yesterday > [fglrx_6_8_0-8.24.8-1.i386.rpm]. It looks like the installer put all > the files in locations that are out of the new normal paths for where > files are supposed to go. Has anyone gotten this new driver to work > yet? I know there is a different driver [livna] that is available, I > prefer the ATi driver. > > Thanx! > > -Ubence > I can tell you that yum or kyum will install the ati drivers from livna and they work perfectly, at least on the test system I was working with, which was a brand new assembly right out of the boxes. I was using kernel 2.6.16_1.2080 so I installed kmod-fglrx-8.23.7-4.2.6.16_1.2080_FC5.i686.rpm With yum. You really should be using the livna drivers anyhow, IF you are going to be using one of the default kernels and not a custom kernel. They are already tested and generally known to work. For other reasons why I encourage you to read http://rpm.livna.org/livna-switcher.html LX -- °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Missiles of ligneous or osteal consistency have the potential of fracturing osseous structure, but appellations will eternally remain innocuous. Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
