James A. Peltier wrote: > This is a known issue. The next proprietary ATI driver is due to be > released sometime next month and will correct it. > Oh, *great*. So I wait a month before I can get his system running a security-fixed kernel.... Btw, while I was waiting for a reply, I created an account on their website for their fora... and then I can't find a way to post.... <rolls eyes> Thanks, James. mark > ----- Original Message ----- > | Upgraded the kernel to the latest, then tried to rebuild the > | proprietary > | Catalyst driver for a Radeon HD 4550 on a Dell Optiplex 980. > | > | The install dies, with a c error. Anyone else out there succeed in > | building one on the 2.6.18-194.17.1.el5-x86_64 kernel? I went to the > | ATI > | website, and the "installation instructions" include that it needs a) > | 32 > | bit software (which? dunno) and b) a couple of Xfree86 packages (huh? > | why? > | dunno, probably they haven't updated this page in years). > | > | Btw, it's fine for single head, but a relatively ordinary dual-head > | setup, > | with what Nvidia calls "individual desktops" ("spanning" seems to mean > | the > | same thing on both monitors). The xorg driver seems to work for single > | head, but no joy with dual head. > | > | For that matter, anyone have any contacts? I'm still mousing around > | the > | ATI website trying to find an appropriate contact. > | > | mark > | > | _______________________________________________ > | CentOS mailing list > | CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > | http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- > -- > James A. Peltier > Systems Analyst (FASNet), VIVARIUM Technical Director > Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus > Phone : 778-782-6573 > Fax : 778-782-3045 > E-Mail : jpeltier@xxxxxx > Website : http://www.fas.sfu.ca | http://vivarium.cs.sfu.ca > MSN : subatomic_spam@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Does your OS has a man 8 lart? > http://www.xinu.nl/unix/humour/asr-manpages/lart.html > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos