First let me say that I was always able to install a graphics driver for a couple of years now.
I got a new pc (64 bit) that came with a radeon hd 4650,
it also came with windows 7, I added a second hard drive for
for suse 11.2.
All went well,but i could not install the ati driver the hard way.
I followed all the posts regarding ati drivers for several weeks,
hoping for a solution.
Well this morning I thought I would give the one click install
a try, it worked !!!:).
I tried glxgears and it worked;)
I’m impressed 
Congratulations on your success and well done with your determination to keep trying.