Hey guys,
I tried to install the driver using the easy and hard way, but unfortunately i couldn’t install it.
When the file manager opens up through terminal after i type in the command using super user mode, i select the downloaded file and it opens it up in kwrite.
Please could you help me with this problem?
Thanks.
You should make it executable first. Right click > Properties > Permission > Tick “Is executable”
If you read the instructions for “the hard way”:
ATI/The Hard Way - openSUSE
nowhere does it say to click on the downloaded file from the file manager.
No, oldcpu. He/she must have seen this instead:
This is serious inconsistency. I believe it should be fixed by the wiki review process.
I informed the wiki team about this. If I have enough free time I might clean this up on my own. 
At the mean time, dark_i3iov, if you are familiar with the command line, you can run the installer under runlevel 3 if you want to install it directly, or run in konsole/GNOME terminal to generate the necessary .rpm files.
Indeed and good point.
It would be great if you could help clean that up.
How to you add/change the installation source in YaST?
The package fails to build and therefore i cannot execute the program. What can i do?
Do you wish to do this for an individual package? Or for many packages at once? Or for an entire repository? Because the answer is different !
If you wish to add/change an entire repository, follow the guidance here for openSUSE-11.2: Repositories/11.2 - openSUSE-Community
Note I recommend you ONLY keep the repositories OSS, Non-OSS, Update and Packman. No others. None!! Just those 4. IF you must add another repository for one or more specific packages, then add the other repository, install the packages, and then DISABLE (or remove) the newly added repository. Keeping such a repository in place will cause problems for new users and our forum is overflowing with one-click install new users who have messed up their openSUSE by ignoring the above advice.
Now if you wish to change the source AFTER the repository is in place, take a look at this image where by selecting “switch system packages” you will update or roll back every installed rpm on your PC to the version in the repository you switch to. If an application is not yet installed then a new rpm will not be installed. Only those already installed will change.
http://thumbnails27.imagebam.com/7232/2f79ee72317321.gif](ImageBam)
Now if you wish to change the source of a specific rpm, then you need to look at the version tab. See this sketch.
http://thumbnails18.imagebam.com/7232/e3a9f772317322.gif](ImageBam)
Its all very easy, but many new users are totally baffled the first time, as they are not used to the yast way of doing things, and I have lost count of the number of times a new user stated, when told to update a package, that they already updated it, when in fact they have not updated it.
What command are you using to “build” the package? What package are you trying to build? What specific errors did you get. Apologies, but my eyesight is poor, your room is too far away from my room, and I can’t see your PC. 
(plus my window is dirty from last nights storm). …
Note if for the ATI proprietary driver, when building it, you must select the argument specific to your openSUSE version. Plus BEFORE trying to build it, you need to 1st remove any fglrx rpm. You also need to have installed kernel-source and kernel-syms of the exact same version as your kernel. I’ve lost count of the number of new users who have failed to do this (or who grabbed the wrong version). You also should have in place linux-kernel-headers. And finally its easiest if you have under YaST Software Management the “pattern” base development selected and installed (which will give the necessary gcc, make, etc …).
And finally you should run any proprietary .run script and “build” from starting directly to a clean run level 3 (full text screen) and IMHO if it can be avoided do not enter run level 3 by typing “init 3” from a failed run level 5 , as with a failed run level 5 sometimes modules from the failed run level 5 may not be unloaded correctly.
This is all pretty much laid out in the openSUSE ATI driver wiki, but one has to read the instructions.
May I make friends with you??
This is the instruction that I read in the ATI hard way
In YaST just add this Repository to the Installation Sources.
type: http (if this doesn’t work change it to ftp)
server: ftp.skynet.be
directory: /pub/software.opensuse.org/xorg72/openSUSE_10.2/
Now open up Install Software and choose Install from Source and select the newly added source. Update everything in blue. Or just update the Xorg stuff.
So i do not know how to add the source. 
That directory does not look right to me.
I have a new problem.it is:
Package “kernel-source” needs to be installed by YaST2 first!
Please Help!
Yes, to build the proprietary driver, you need to install the applications “kernel-source” and “kernel-syms” of the same version as your “kernel”. You should also install “linux-kernel-headers”. You can install those using zypper or yast.
This is explained in the driver links provided, so clearly you did not understand the instructions in those links.
You will also need gcc and make, and so for that I recommend you go to yast > software > software management > patterns and select the “base development” pattern.
thnx bro. I managed to install the drivers and its good now.
Excellent! Congratulations.
Well done for having the determination to follow this through and succeed.
I forgot to mention, its nice to read of a Radeon 4670 success story.
I’ve had users claim the ATI proprietary graphic driver is not compatible with the Radeon HD 4670 on openSUSE, and when I expressed the opinion that they were wrong, they stated very uncomplimentary things to me.
Its nice to read of a success story confirming what I had noted in another thread.
