I just installed OpenSuse 11.0 on my machine and managed to install everything I wanted through yast. Everything except the Ati Drivers. It created a new boot up session option right when OS starts but when I chose it the whole screen became a mess. I had to reinstall everything and I don’t want to screw things up once again. I wanted to know about a good tutorial for setting the graphics in OS. I used to go to thejemreport.com but the guy sold the site and they don’t have a guide for 11.0. So, can anyone help me to install the ATi drivers? I don’t have time to reinstall the system again and I need to get it right this time. Which method should I use, the ati repository or the one-click-install file you download. I also want to install the compiz-fusion afterwards. If anyone can tell me how to do this without messing things up, I’ll be most grateful.
if you installed the fglrx ( ATI driver) drivers before when you reboot don’t reboot to the default reboot to the other one( I don’t remember the name of it) then when you get to your desktop you’ll most likely have to open up you xorg.conf ( also make a backup copy of it ) ( which is located /etc/X11 folder ) and look for the ati card you are using it should look something like this well maybe exactly like this because I also have a 3870 card
Section "Device"
#BusID "1:0:0"
Identifier "Device[0]"
**Driver "fglrx"** this is the part that should be fglrx
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "ATI Radeon HD3870"
Option "monitor-DVI-I_1/digital" "Monitor[0]"
Option "EnableMonitor" "tv,tmds1"
Option "DesktopSetup" "horizontal"
EndSection
after you do that save it and reboot then you should be ok
Which method should I use? One-click or yast? I’ll be doing this soon. I didn’t have time.
what I did was go to install software then in the filters I typed fglrx and installed them when you reboot you’ll most likely have to openup terminal and type su ( your pass word) them go gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf it will open up your xorg.conf look in there for your ati driver and make sure that it says Driver “fglrx” this is the part that should be fglrx . both times that I installed opensuse I had to change that from radeonhd to fglrx, then just logout then back in again it should be installed.
I make it sound more complicated then it actually is.
It seems because of the recent kernel update the drivers cannot be installed. The fglrx “pae” kernel doesn’t have the same number as another kernel and the system just told me that this causes a dependency problem.
then you should go to the ati website and download there driver
Wow! The last time I did it manually was in 10.2 and it was a chore. Do you know where I can get some good instructions on how to do it? Any website with a tutorial or something?
Hi
This should help, follow the ‘hard way’ and from “Step 1 - Acquire the
latest ATI driver” from about a third of the way down.
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.0 x86 Kernel 2.6.25.16-0.1-default
up 2 days 8:11, 1 user, load average: 0.36, 0.19, 0.11
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 173.14.12
Thanks a whole bunch. I’ll check it out and do it as soon as I have time for it. The help is much appreciated.
It says it failed to generate the package. Do you have any idea of why that might be? I simply followed the instructions on that page. I’ll re-download the driver in case it is corrupted or something. That’s my only theory so far.
It failed yet again. Do I need to have some compiler to build the package? What could be causing my suse installation to not be able to build the package?
Go to YAST /Software Management. Go to Filter / Patterns. Install Linux Kernel Development package group. C++ Development will also be automatically selected.
Install those packages from your install disc unless you have a fast internet connection, since they add up to around 400 mb.
This will give you the dependencies require to run the installer, and the installer will give you the option to generate RPM’s.
However, I have the best luck just running the “automatic” option with the installer. When the installer finishes, then run the command:
aticonfig --initial -f
I beleive with newer versions of the installer you can just reboot, but if that does not work run su in the terminal, enter root password, then enter:
init 3
Log in as root, and then enter:
sax2 -r
Run sax2 and when you exit enter:
reboot
That should do it. Good luck.
Thanks a whole lot for the info. I hope it works and everything goes as planned.
You need some dependencies installed before the ATI installer will run.
To install them, insert your setup DVD and go to YAST / Software management / Filter /Patterns. Near the bottom of the list you’ll see “Linux Kernel Development”. Install that package group, and along with that there will be some other stuff that gets automatically selected (C++ Development, etc.) amounting to approx 400 mb total).
After this stuff is installed, the ATI Installer should work properly.
Is “Linux Kernel Development” the name of the package? Because I can’t find it.
You’re in Yast, right?
Go to where it says “Filter” and then in the drop down menu, choose “Patterns”. Linux Kernel Development is near the bottom of the list in the last group.
I don’t think that the option to chose patterns is in both the live cd and the dvd versions of opensuse because I first installed off of the live cd and when I was having problems some people where telling me to Go to where it says “Filter” and then in the drop down menu, and I didn’t have that option in yast but in the dvd version it has that option
I guess you could download the packages. I don’t know anything about the live CD, sorry.
Just tell me where and I’ll do it.
On a totally unrelated side note: How do I get DVD Playback? I used to do it with libdvdcss but it’s not on the packman repositories. And the Gstreamer isn’t really working for DVDs. MP3’s are working nicely though.
I don’t know if it’s even possible to install ATI drivers using a live CD install, especially “the hard way” using the installer.
I remember on the other board, spending days and dozens of posts trying to help someone get their graphics drivers to work, trying everything I could think of. Then around day seven or so they’d casually mention, “Oh yeah, I don’t actually have Suse installed, I’m just running the live CD”.
As I said, I know nothing about the live CD, and wonder why anyone even bothers with it, other than as a way of evaluating the distro.
I would suggest doing a regular install, and then I can help you.