How can I install the newest Ati driver on FC5

[pxingg]

Hi,

I have just installed fedora core 5 and I am trying to install the drivers for my ati Radeon X1300 Series card. When I have downloaded the newest drivers from ati.com and tried to install it. This was the message I got while installing it:

[root@springrain downloads]# ./ati-driver-installer-8.24.8-x86.run
Creating directory fglrx-install
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.24.8............................................ .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .....................
==================================================
ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
==================================================
Detected configuration:
Architecture: i686 (32-bit)
X Server: Xorg 7.0.0

Detected version of X does not have a matching 'x700' directory
You may override the detected version using the following syntax:
X_VERSION=<xdir> ./ati-driver-installer-<ver>-<arch>.run [--install]

The following values may be used for <xdir>:
x410 XFree86 4.1.x
x420 XFree86 4.2.x
x430 XFree86 4.3.x
x680 X.Org 6.8.x
x690 X.Org 6.9.x
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install
[root@springrain downloads]#

I have got no clue what I should do next.. I am fresh man for linux. Please help!

Thanks!

[unamanic]

http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html#nVidia

[smfinley]

Please read this (https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2006-February/msg01565.html) and then get your ATI driver from the Livna repository. See the nVidia and ATI section here (http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html) for instructions.

[pxingg]

After I installed FC5, I have installed packages as http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html tells, But one problem is that I can't play DVDs trough xine and other players because lots of movies messge was droped, use comand xine-check, it tells me :
[pxingg@springrain ~]$ xine-check
Please be patient, this script may take a while to run...
[ good ] you're using Linux, doing specific tests
[ good ] looks like you have a /proc filesystem mounted.
[ good ] You seem to have a reasonable kernel version (2.6.16-1.2096_FC5smp)
[ good ] intel compatible processor, checking MTRR support
[ good ] you have MTRR support and there are some ranges set.
[ good ] found the player at /usr/bin/xine
[ good ] /usr/bin/xine is in your PATH
[ hint ] No xine-config found. Assuming xine from RPMs
The xine-config script can be used to determine some file locations
used by xine-lib, but you don't have such a script on your system.
However, it looks like you installed xine from the RedHat packages.
So I'll just guess that you are using the standard locations.
If you want me to be sure about those file locations, you can install
the 'xine-lib-devel' package (or 'xine-devel', depend on what packages
you're using, which contains xine-config. However, this package is
not really needed to run xine...
press <enter> to continue...

[ good ] plugin directory /usr/lib/xine/plugins exists.
[ good ] found unknown plugin: xineplug_flac.so
[ good ] found input plugins
[ good ] found demux plugins
[ good ] found decoder plugins
[ good ] found video_out plugins
[ good ] found audio_out plugins
[ good ] skin directory /usr/share/xine/skins exists.
[ good ] found logo in /usr/share/xine/skins
[ good ] I even found some skins.
[ good ] /dev/cdrom points to /dev/hda
[ good ] /dev/dvd points to /dev/hda
[ good ] DMA is enabled for your DVD drive
[ good ] found xvinfo: X-Video Extension version 2.2
[ hint ] Your X server doesn't support YV12 overlays.
That means xine will have to do color space transformation and scaling
in software, which is quite CPU intensive. Maybe upgrading your
X server will help here.
If you have an ATI card, you'll find accelerated X servers on
http://www.linuxvideo.org/gatos/
press <enter> to continue...

[ hint ] Your X server doesn't support YV12 overlays.
That means xine will have to do color space transformation and scaling
in software, which is quite CPU intensive. Maybe upgrading your
X server will help here.
If you have an ATI card, you'll find accelerated X servers on
http://www.linuxvideo.org/gatos/
press <enter> to continue...

[ hint ] Your X server doesn't have any XVideo support...
XVideo is an X server extension introduced by XFree86 4.x. This
extension provides access to hardware accelerated color space
conversion and scaling, which gives a great performance boost.
If you have a fast (>1GHz) machine, you may be able to watch all
kinds of video, anyway. You will waste lots of CPU cycles, though...
press <enter> to continue...

[pxingg@springrain ~]$


So, I think my ATI driver was not propertly installed, my computer is HP5387cn, and the graph card is ati Radeon X1300 Series!

Thanks!

[unamanic]

I have an nVidia card not ATI, but the way I can tell wether I'm using the real driver or not is to run glxgears from a terminal. If I have only a few hundred fps, then I'm using the open driver. But if I have about 1500 fps, then I'm using the real one. If you a are using the wrong driver, you have to change the driver in the xorg.conf. open up you favorite text editor (as root) and edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf you'll see a section similar to:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
EndSection

Of course yours will say ATI or Radeon not nVidia like mine. I belive that the driver you want is "fglrx"

[smfinley]

There is a new kernel as of today but the Livna ATI and nVidia drivers for it have not yet been built. Be patient and if you have already installed a driver keep doing a "yum -y --enablerepo livna update kmod-fglrx" if your card is ATI or a "yum -y --enablerepo livna update kmod-nvidia" if your card is nVidia.

[jdklinux]

Hello Stanton,

Just wanted to give you a big "thank you" for your clear and informative information in this thread. I just upgraded to the 2111 FC5 kernal and had X stop working due to the fglrx module having gone missing. Your instructions for resolving the problem have me back and running (albeit on an older kernel for now).

Thanks a bunch!