hello. I am VERY new to linux and i was wondering exactly what i need to
do to install the ati-driver-installer-8.16.20-i386.run sitting on my
desktop at /home/sean/Desktop/ati-driver-installer-8.16.20-i386.run
i am running opensuse 11.0
ANY help would be greatly appreciated.
Also - i installed cairo dock from the package installer - now how do I
get it running? sorry for the noobness.
shuggans;1929726 Wrote:
> hello. I am VERY new to linux and i was wondering exactly what i need to
> do to install the ati-driver-installer-8.16.20-i386.run sitting on my
> desktop at /home/sean/Desktop/ati-driver-installer-8.16.20-i386.run
>
>
> i am running opensuse 11.0
> ANY help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Also - i installed cairo dock from the package installer - now how do I
> get it running? sorry for the noobness.
you might want to try the ati repo here by adding this addy to yast
‘Additional YaST Package Repositories - openSUSE’
(http://tinyurl.com/9zzvr)
or if you want to install the drivers you downloaded, go into terminal
cd /home/sean/Desktop/
then su to get root privileges then type
./ati-driver-installer-8.16.20-i386.run
I did what you said above and got:
CORSAIR:/home/sean/Desktop # ./ati-driver-installer-8.16.20-i386.run
bash: ./ati-driver-installer-8.16.20-i386.run: Permission denied
If you are a noob, I would stay away from the installer. There are a
half dozen other programs (dependencies) that have to be installed
before the installer will work. But if you insist, at least read the
instructions linked on the page where you downloaded the driver.
An easier way would be to go to YAST / Software Repositories /
Community repostories and add the ATI repo.
Then go to YAST / Software Management and do a search for fglrx.
Install the two files, then log out and log back in.
When you get back to the desktop run this command in the terminal
PHP code:
thank you so much for your help! I found a link that was a 1 click
install of the linux driver at ‘ATI - openSUSE’
(http://en.opensuse.org/ATI). I learned alot in the process of trying to
figure it out though. thanks for your help in my mission to become
windows free!
So itried a fresh install of opensuse 11.0… did the updates, and when
i used that same link i used before to install the ati drivers, now
theres 3 linux options under grub. one just says opensuse, one says
opensuse debug and one says failsafe. when i use the regular opensuse
option the screen goes black and theres a stripe of random blue pixels
when opensuse loads up. Right now i am under the debug option and
fgl_glxgears as well as desktop effects all work. any ideas?
I’m not familiar with the debug option. Did you do any kernel updates?
If so, these can cause you to lose your desktop until you install a
driver compatible with your new kernel version.
I would hit control alt F1 to exit the gui. Then log in as root and run
this command:
PHP code:
sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx
If that command does not work, try
PHP code:
sax2 -r
Hopefully sax2 will start. Click change settings and confirm you have
3d enabled and then save settings and exit.
When you get back to text mode hit control alt delete to reboot and try
booting back into regular OpenSuse and see what happens.
