I just got my hands on a
Compaq V2312US AMD Turion 64 ML-28 (this baby is fast!). It comes with the ATI Radeon® Xpress 200M IGP 128mb graphics adapter. I have always complained about the poor support from ati for linux drivers. The story has changed now because
ATI support has made it really simple to install linux drivers.
The installation has been simplified and no longer need to be in
telinit 3 because all you need is the terminal. I am using the lastest ati linux drivers 8.19.10 [
http://support.ati.com/ics/support/D...deptID=894]ATI Radeon 8500 Series or higher which supports Xpress 200M IGP[/url](right click on link and SAVE AS for download to start).
My laptop is 64 bit BUT I decided to install fedora 32bit version to make my life easier 
I would like to let people know that there is a distro that comes with all the browser plug-ins included and it is PCLinuxOS which is a great distro for newbies. It has 2 versions one for ATI and Nvidia drivers allready installed. So check it out!!
Installation should be same for laptops and desktops.
1. Download drivers from link provided.
2. Open terminal and become root
3. Run:
Code:
sh ati-driver-installer-8.19.10-i386.run
4. Example of installer lauching in terminal:
Quote:
[root@laptopFC4 imdeemvp]# sh ati-driver-installer-8.16.20-i386.run
Creating directory fglrx-install
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.16.20........................................... .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ......................................
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ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
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Detected configuration:
Architecture: i686 (32-bit)
X Server: Xorg 6.8.2
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install
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5. Run:
6. Press "enter" and JUST FOLLOW THE PROMPTS WHICH WILL INDACATE YOU WHAT TO DO and you are done.
You dont have to edit the xorg.conf ati will do it for you
7.
My latest FPS:
Quote:
[imdeemvp@FC4Laptop ~]$ glxgears
3328 frames in 5.0 seconds = 665.600 FPS
9291 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1858.200 FPS
12474 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2494.800 FPS
12464 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2492.800 FPS
12863 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2572.600 FPS
12633 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2526.600 FPS
12869 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2573.800 FPS
12510 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2502.000 FPS
12778 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2555.600 FPS
12635 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2527.000 FPS
12787 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2557.400 FPS
[imdeemvp@FC4Laptop ~]$
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Check out my
Nvidia how-to.
I am attaching everythin I did in terminal so see attachment.
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