Problems installing ati graphics card drivers

it says this

Could not open the file /home/admin/Download/ati…taller-9-3-x86.x86_64.run.

gedit has not been able to detect the character coding.
Please check that you are not trying to open a binary file.
Select a character coding from the menu and try again.

What are you trying to do ?

If one is trying to install the proprietary ATI driver “the hardway” then first one needs gcc, make, kernel-source, kernel-syms and linux-kernel-headers installed, where both kernel-source and kernel-syms are the same version as of one’s kernel.

There is guidance here:
ATI/The Hard Way - openSUSE

… one needs to remove any fglrx rpms first via

rpm -e $(rpm -qa '*fglrx*') 

and then run the ATI proprietary driver file via:

sh ati*.run --listpkg 

and determine the openSUSE arguments (say for example “SuSE/SUSE112-AMD64” ) and then run it again, this time (per this example) with:

sh ati*.run --buildpkg SuSE/SUSE112-AMD64

which will create a new “fglrx” rpm.

One then needs to go to run level 3 (a reboot and press “3” (no quotes) in splash screen is one way), login as regular user, and then su to root and change to directory where new fglrx was created and type:

rpm -Uvh fgl*.rpm

followed by something like:

ldconfig
aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf

and then restart with

shutdown -r now

errr, well is there an easy way?

… err … I thought the above WAS easy? :\

… you could take a look here: ATI drivers - openSUSE

… this also makes me think you have not looked at our two stickie:

I get this whilst installing

File repomd.xml from repository GNOME:Backports:2.30
Index of /repositories/GNOME:/Backports:/2.30/openSUSE_11.2
is signed with the following GnuPG key, but the integrity check failed:

ID: 65A86F31629FF0C2
Fingerprint: D3CA F513 5D0A 8F97 AB53 9ED3 65A8 6F31 629F F0C2
Name: GNOME OBS Project <GNOME@build.opensuse.org>
Created: 22/01/08
Expires: 01/04/10

This means that the file has been changed by accident or by an attacker
since the repository creator signed it. Using it is a big risk
for the integrity and security of your system.

Use it anyway?

I would NEVER use that repository unless I had a very very very good reason.

So what do i do? im so confuesd, i havent a clue what im doign really :frowning:

i clicked no. and now i have…

The following GnuPG key has been found in repository Index of /repositories/home:/ocefpaf/openSUSE_11.2
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ocefpaf/openSUSE_11.2:

ID: E73B925B8BD18407
Fingerprint: 6FA7 2FF6 5806 D99E 56D8 A4CF E73B 925B 8BD1 8407
Name: home:ocefpaf OBS Project <home:ocefpaf@build.opensuse.org>
Created: 10/09/09
Expires: 19/11/11

You can choose to import it into your keyring of trusted
public keys, meaning that you trust the owner of the key.
You should be sure that you can trust the owner and that
the key really belongs to that owner before importing it.

What are you trying to do?? That repository has NOTHING to do with updating your graphic driver. Why have you added it?

I recommend ONLY you have the repositories: OSS, Non-OSS, Update and Packman and NO OTHERS. NONE. NOT ONE. ONLY add another briefly for a short time, install any necessary application, and then remove it. For example if you follow the advice in one of the links I gave (for the ATI driver install) you may wish to add the openSUSE ATI repository, install the appropriate rpm, and then remove the repository. Having typed that, I never install the driver that way, so I can’t help.

You asked for an “easier” way than what I recommended. Others will have to help you there, as I can not “connect” with what you believe to be more easy. Sorry. … Hopefully others can succeed in making something more “easy” for you.

Good luck.