Catalyst ATI 10.4 driver for Fedora 12

[Memysabu]

I wrote the install for these based off of Ubuntus install. These work for Fedora 12 stock kernel and stock Xorg. But only for x86_64 at the moment. This can easily be fixed and I might write another install for x86 but I dont have a machine to test it on. If anyone wants to help me with testing an x86 pm me and Ill write one. These drivers have also been reported as working with Xorg 1.8 but I am not supporting that as of yet.

If you choose to install these do a

#uname -r

Make sure your kernel is "2.6.32.11-99.fc12.x86_64"


Remember to blacklist radeon and radeonhd. One tester has to nomodset and blacklist radeon in grub. Only tester that had to it was probably his configuration. I had libGL and libGLU installed before I installed these drivers. Thats what Id recommend if you choose to uninstall, reinstall libGL.

There is an install script in the package youll have to

#chmod 755 "script"

And run it as root from single user mode or

#init 3

If you are not comfortable with booting your computer into single user mode or using a command line interface please dont install these. This is a test release from ATI. Everyone who has tested these on Fedora 12 has gotten them to work and quite well. I wanted to write this because it seems no one at ATI cares about Fedora.

An uninstall script is included, a list of installed files and a how to. A .spec is also included for anyone who wants to write an RPM. All very well commented. If you have any questions or issues feel free to post them and Ill help you.

Download from here:

http://depositfiles.com/en/files/fxz4oiuvs

[piker]

You're great!!! The installation works perfect. I check it with an ATI 5750. If I find any problem I'll tell you. Thanks!

[Memysabu]

Thanks, glad it worked for ya. By the way I forgot to mention you need GCC to install because the installer will make the binaries before it installs.

[piker]

It's normal that doesn't appear anything under OpenGL tag?

[Memysabu]

No thats not normal. Did you have libGL and libGLU installed before you installed the drivers?

---------- Post added 2010-04-27 at 03:51 AM CDT ---------- Previous post was 2010-04-26 at 11:47 PM CDT ----------

Originally Posted by Memysabu

No thats not normal. Did you have libGL and libGLU installed before you installed the drivers?

Just to clear things up both should be installed before you install these drivers. If you uninstall the drivers simply uninstall libGL and reinstall after.

[tdell]

Did not work for me I followed the instructions precisely ended with a bunch of errors about missing files. Ati control center appears in my menu but nothing happens when clicked on.

Tom

[Memysabu]

What errors can you post a log? Where are the errors? I cant help you without any info. You are on x86_64 right?

[tdell]

Where would I find the log? Yes x86_64

[Memysabu]

Well where you got the missing files error. I dont understand your problem exactly. I understand you cant launch the control center. Not the missing files error. Also you can get a log from /etc/X11/Xorg.0.log
Copy the contents over to pastebin.com and link it and I will see if I can help.

[tdell]

Never mind just too much trouble...

[piker]

I have installed mesa-libGL-7.7 and mesa-libGLU-7.7. Are they the ones I need?

[Memysabu]

Yeah then install the drivers with those installed. You must install the drivers AFTER those though. You will need i686 and x86_64 versions of both installed. ATI requires that you have 32 bit libs to support it. Basically what happens is if the program youre running is 32 bit it uses the 32 bit libs and GL and vice versa.

[jxxzz]

Hi, thanks for info,
The 10.3 drivers are not good for fedora 12?
Regards

[Memysabu]

The 10.3 drivers dont work with the current Xorg that came with fc12. You would have to downgrade Xorg to a fc11 version.

[Memysabu]

Just so you know guys these have been released so you no longer need my installer.

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...1&lang=English