I have 11.2 release installed about about to install ati.amd.com driver 9.10 which supports the new 2.6.31 kernel. According the ati.amd.com website, I need to have 32 bit packages installed for 64 bit ati to work or install. The ATi repo is not uptodate with current fglrx release and en.opensuse.org/ATI mentions I should download the driver and install it that way. My questions, the “Generate distribution specific driver package” feature, would that install the necessary 32 bit packages. I need to have 32 bit libs to play Quake4, 32 Bit opengl compatibility libs. According to the howto, it says to use rpm command, but that command doesn’t connect to the internet to retrieve any dependencies. Should I be using zypper instead, if so how to. Second, if it doesn’t install the 32 bit packages, I know in fedora, it was xorg-drv-catalyst-libs.i586, is there a similiar package for opensuse
Open up the YaST Software Manager. Select RPM group, then find ‘System/Libraries’ select.
Then look down, ones you may need general have names like libX-32bit. DirectFB & Mesa are exceptions, you’ll notice some key 32 bit libraries are selected in standard installation.
One way to do this is to open software management and type in lib in the search mode and watch the files come up in a list and choose the ones you need