ati-driver-installer-9-8-x86.x86_64.run

[ncfrank2]

I'm trying to install the newest ATI driver and keep getting:

you need to run this installer as the super-user

Basically, I try the su -, enter the password but then can't get back to the download file. I've tried dropping the file in the root folder, says I don't have access. Any suggestions of how I can get this thing loaded?

thanks in advance for any help

[Hlingler]

but then can't get back to the download file.

What do you mean ? Where did you dump the binary when you downloaded it ?? I wouldn't know! Simply change directory ('cd') to that folder (wherever it is) after logging into terminal as root, then execute...

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P.S. You are aware that you need kernel-devel package (matching running kernel), latest kernel-headers, plus gcc and make ???

EDIT: Follow this guide: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=228689

[ncfrank2]

I guess I did forget that part of where the file is located...it's in the download folder. So I'm at root but when I do an ls, it shows no folders, including the download folder. I'm sure this is easy but I'm very new to linux/unix and really don't know the commands that well so any help with what to do would be appreciated.

thanks
frank

[Hlingler]

OK, well then, the downloaded binary file is almost certainly located in your normal user's $HOME download folder, which would typically be: /home/<username>/Downloads
Or is it maybe: /home/<username>/Download
without the 's' on the end ?

So, as root user:
cd /home/<username>/Downloads

Insert your normal user's name (case-sensitive, omit angle-brackets). Then proceed to execute it.

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