ATI Dirver help?

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#1

I am considering installing opensuse 11.4 gnome 64bit. I’ve never used suse before and I have a question about ATI Catalyst.
If I download the latest driver from AMD Graphics Drivers & Software and build an RPM package for 11.4 with:

sh ./ati-driver-installer-11-4-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg SuSE/SUSE-autodetection

And install the package, will fglrx auto-rebuild upon any kernel update? I don’t want a kernel update to break the drivers.

Thanks.

#2

My understanding is NO. It will not.

#3

I can say that too as I’ve been using it for a long time. It will not touch your kernel packages.

#4

[quote="“oldcpu,post:2,topic:66671”]

My understanding is NO. It will not.[/QUOTE]

I thought I should clarify my post. No it will NOT auto-build upon a kernel update. A kernel update WILL break the drivers.

However rebuilding is easy.

#5

Previous to Catalyst 11.1, you could have used modautocompile](http://forums.opensuse.org/english/other-forums/development/programming-scripting/448260-automatically-recompile-kernel-modules-after-kernel-update.html) for this purpose. Since 11.1, the script /etc/rc.d/boot.fglrxrebuild, included in Catalyst, recompiles the module after a kernel update - at next boot and before X starts.

#6

Thanks for the help.