“We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure.” Karl Popper
i always use the ones in yast2 repo’s they have always worked for me
Havoc65 wrote:
“We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure.” Karl Popper
I like downloading driver directly from ATI site, (.run), installing in console, rebooting in runlevel3, running sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx, rebooting again.
I used yast but it messed things up a bit. I had to run sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx to fix it.
One-Click-Install for me.
I guess I’m lucky, because the one click install has worked for me ever since it was released. Before that, I used YaST rpms.
These days, I don’t ever need to install ATI, thanks to my card dying…
> I’m curious as to which method of installing ATI drivers does everyone
> prefer using the .run file from ATI or the RPMs?
Not having to.
I always download the latest version from ATI then create an .rpm using the installer and follow the ‘Hard Way’ instruction at ATI - openSUSE to install and configure.
I download from ATI site, install, edit xorg.conf by hand (sorry oldschool), logout, go to commandline (alt+F1) and /etc/init.d/xdm restart.
most i use
sh ati*.run
not rpm
from ati repo’s and 1-click instal i did not get to work it (i’m trying this also)
not every time it goes working
umm…err… I do whatever the little green OpenSUSE fish icon on the bar at the bottom of the screen tells me to do…
OK I might know a little more than that, however as with many users prefer doing it this way as seems to cause the least complications 
One Click Install but then sax2 -r seems to work best for me.