UPDATE 8/28/2009: I now recommend that people install the new packages instead of the manual instructions below, see this link:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=155503 (Howto for fglrx/catalyst (Ati driver) and Compiz-fusion)
NOTE: After installing the packages, I had to do the things at the following link to make the above packages work:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpo...postcount=3564
If you still want to install the driver manually (you do not need to if you install the packages above), the instructions are below:
Fedora 11 ATI fglrx driver manual install notes
Updated: 10/12/2009
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First, see if your graphics card is supported by the ATI Catalyst 9.8 driver by reading the PDF release notes here: https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...t_98_linux.pdf
IMPORTANT: The manual method applies to your active kernel. So if you later update your kernel you will need to recompile the fglrx.ko module and initrd or uninstall then reinstall the fglrx driver package. See NOTES section below.
My experience with the ATI fglrx driver was on this:
Fedora 11 32-bit
ATI 4850 graphics card
# Run all of the following commands as the "root" userID
# update your system
yum update
# reboot to boot on any new kernel installed
init 6
# backup old /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, if there is one:
cd /etc/X11
mv xorg.conf xorg.conf-old
# Get and install fglrx driver (this compiles the fglrx kernel module for your active kernel)
# Get Catalyst 9.8 driver for Linux here: http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html
# Put "ati-driver-installer-9-8-x86.x86_64.run" Catalyst 9.8 driver file in /tmp/ati and run it to install driver
# NOTE: the driver install is a graphical install
mkdir /tmp/ati
cp /path/to/ati-driver-installer-9-8-x86.x86_64.run /tmp/ati
cd /tmp/ati
sh ./ati-driver-installer-9-8-x86.x86_64.run
# Run the following as root
REMOVE the following line from from your /etx/X11/xorg.conf file, if it is there:Code:aticonfig --set-pcs-str="DDX,EnableRandR12,FALSE"
# Add the following lines to the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file:Code:Option "SWCursor" "true"
blacklist radeon
blacklist radeonhd
# Backup old initrd and remake initrd
cd /boot
mv initrd-`uname -r`.img initrd-`uname -r`.img-original
mkinitrd -v /boot/initrd-`uname -r`.img `uname -r`
# Reboot to activate new ATI fglrx driver
init 6
# To fix selinux issue with aticonfig, run the following line as "root" userID:
chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/usr/lib/libatiadlxx.so'
# To change your resolution using ATI Catalyst Control Center, run this as the "root" userID:
amdcccle
NOTES:
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# IMPORTANT: When you later update your kernel, you will need to uninstall fglrx and then reinstall fglrx for the new kernel.
# Note, you can probably just recompile the fglrx.ko module instead of uninstall and reinstall, but I will have to test this with the next kernel update:
# Example:
cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod
./make.sh
# Backup old initrd and remake initrd
cd /boot
mv initrd-`uname -r`.img initrd-`uname -r`.img-oldfglrx
mkinitrd -v /boot/initrd-`uname -r`.img `uname -r`
# To UNINSTALL the fglrx driver, run the following as root:
cd /usr/share/ati
sh ./fglrx-uninstall.sh
# remove following 2 lines from /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file:
blacklist radeon
blacklist radeonhd
# revert to original initrd
cd /boot
mv initrd-`uname -r`.img-original initrd-`uname -r`.img
# or, if you don't have your original initrd, just remake it:
mv initrd-`uname -r`.img initrd-`uname -r`.img-fglrx
mkinitrd -v /boot/initrd-`uname -r`.img `uname -r`
# Re-install original mesa-libGL library:
yum reinstall mesa-libGL
# aticonfig command options:
# To fix selinux issue with aticonfig, run the following line as "root" userID:
chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/usr/lib/libatiadlxx.so'
# help:
aticonfig -h
# generate initial basic ATI /etc/X11/xorg.conf file
aticonfig --initial
# temperature:
aticonfig --od-gettemperature
# clocks:
aticonfig --od-getclocks
# fanspeed:
aticonfig --pplib-cmd "get fanspeed 0"
# To see fglrx info:
fglrxinfo
# Useful Referenced Links:
Howto for fglrx (Ati driver) and Compiz-fusion: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=155503
ATI Adapters xorg.conf specifications: http://www.x.org/archive/X11R6.8.0/doc/ati5.html
fglrx man page: http://debian.wgdd.de/temp/fglrx_man/fglrx.4x.html
fglrx wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fglrx
Phoronix AMD/ATI Linux forum: http://www.phoronix.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=19