I am still very new to linux, and am eager to learn all its facets, but have been getting rather frustrated. I know how to use a terminal, but my knowledge of many functions within is limited.
I need Help with the ATI Graphic Drivers for Linux. I installed the most recent drivers to ATI’s instructions, but to my dismay, the 3d support does not seem to work. I need full 3d support for many of my 3d programs (blender, etc). I would prefer to stay in linux as often as possible as opposed to booting into windows to work in 3d. I have looked far and wide, and it appears as though the ATI driver packages are a nightmare. I have found numerous methods for installing drivers, each of them vastly different. I was wondering if I could get some advice as to what I should do.
Here is some info I can definatley tell you about my current video driver functionality:
System:
Linux 2.6.25.16-0.1-default x86_64 / openSUSE 11.0 (x86_64)
KDE: 4.0.4
Video Card: Ati Radeon X1950
fgl_glxgears, and glxgears have both been ran, and seems to work with no problems, however more intense programs like armegatron and blender do not run.
The KDE declares the Driver is Fglrx, and recognizes my video card model correctly as an x1950 series radeon.
The ATI Catalyst Control Center Runs. However, I am unable to see the 3d Section within it.
Yast>Hardware>Graphics Card and Monitor>Card and Monitor Properties "activate 3d acceleration is greyd out. (plus, entering this portion of yast brings forth an error that claims “at least one display must be active”):’(
I used the Yast2 Install method detailed on the page you showed me. However, It is still being problematic. I am attempting to follow his more advanced methodology when I encountered a problem
At one point he instructs me to…
Recommended - Prepare the Kernel for the new drivers
This step is not necessary, but there is no harm in doing so. If you have tried installing ATI drivers before make sure you follow these steps before you follow steps 4.1-5.
Open up the console in X and execute the following commands:
su
password
cd /usr/src/linux
make mrproper
make cloneconfig
make modules_prepare
make clean
Well, Obviously my linux directory under /usr/src has a whole bunch of version information in the directory name. I assume this is normal. Furthermore the command ‘make’ is unrecognized by bash. I can’t follow any of these procedures. Please advise, Still new to linux. Thanks for your time!
Ok, So I found the Make command in Yast, and Installed it, as well as double checking all package dependancies this tutorial claimed and I have them. I have now found the vanilla Linux folder in /usr/src. Make now is recognized, but the commands still do not work.
This is what happens when I attempt to follow through.
/usr/src/linux # make mrproper
make: gcc: Command not found
/usr/src/linux # make cloneconfig
HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
/bin/sh: gcc: command not found
make[1]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 127
make: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2
but as is my luck, another problem occured a while later in the tutorial, I ran into a problem when I ran the command
sh ati*.run --buildpkg SuSE/SUSE110-AMD64
So I’m attempting to build a package specific to my distro of Suse Linux. Well I don’t know why it went wrong, because I am running an x64 version
OS: Linux 2.6.25.18-0.2-default x86_64
System: openSUSE 11.0 (x86_64)
The Error I receive is as follows…
/home/cptfishstick # sh ati*.run --buildpkg SuSE110-AMD64
Created directory fglrx-install.qo1nd6
Verifying archive integrity… All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.542…
ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
Error: The distribution SuSE110-AMD64 is not supported
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.qo1nd6
