2010/8/13 Przemysław Pawełczyk <pp_o2@xxxxx>
Thanks for your advice .
I refered to the ATI driver installation doc and found the following message :
Note: If a Linux 2.6.11 or newer kernel was built with
CONFIG_AGP enabled, the kernel AGP frontend is required to load
the fglrx kernel module. To identify whether your kernel was built
with CONFIG_AGP enabled, look for CONFIG_AGP=y in the
kernel config file, or if the 'agpgart' module is loaded.
And I found that module is not in CentOS 5.5 x8_64 .
So could I compile the kernel that enable that module ?
Isn't it right ? Thanks ...
On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:28:56 -0700 (PDT)Hi,
John Doe <jdmls@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: sync <jiannma@xxxxxxxxx>
> > I try to use that version but it does not work ...
> > Fatal : Module fglrx not found ..
>
> Did you check if the module is present somewhere?
I installed ATI in Debian dozens of times. Just tried the same process
on SL 5.5 here few minutes before.
1) linux-cat107-install.pdf from ATI download website says what files
you have to have installed prior to ATI instalation/kernel compilation
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_cat107-inst.pdf
2) Radeon HD 5xxxx is included in the 10.7 list of ATI drivers
3) Installation went smoothly without a problem
4) ATI driver is named fglrx*
5) search for its mutations ;-) there:
lib/modules/fglrx
lib-/modules/"kernel-sig"/kernel/drivers/char/drm
kernel-sig = your kernel's signature
Thanks for your advice .
I refered to the ATI driver installation doc and found the following message :
Note: If a Linux 2.6.11 or newer kernel was built with
CONFIG_AGP enabled, the kernel AGP frontend is required to load
the fglrx kernel module. To identify whether your kernel was built
with CONFIG_AGP enabled, look for CONFIG_AGP=y in the
kernel config file, or if the 'agpgart' module is loaded.
And I found that module is not in CentOS 5.5 x8_64 .
So could I compile the kernel that enable that module ?
Isn't it right ? Thanks ...
6) Alas there is not such thing like Debian's modconf to conveniently
check/manage installed kernel modules; there is no such file
like Debian's /etc/modules with a list of additionally installed kernel
modules.
(Perhaps someone hints us how to peep into SL kernel modules?)
7) ATI installs aticccle manager + fgl_glxgears (with 3D rotating cube)
8) You __have to change__ "manually" monitor's VertRefresh and HorizSync
data in /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, e.g.:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 120.0
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
and add "Modes" line in Screen section:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
9) WARNING :-(
ATI worked good but I had impression that Xorg's latest radeon driver
(found in SL 5.5) worked better, especially during MC window resizing -
radeon was making less flickering than ATI proprietary driver.
The warning relates to system fonts- ATI changed my system fonts to
"something ugly" and in 6 pt size! I use IceWM, but every apps got the
same fonts and nothing could be done via IceWM settings, of course.
Thank God, I had a magnifying glass at hand...
So said I changed X11 settings to previous ones, namely to SL radeon
driver.
BTW. How to change system font in SL? I tried to find out thru google
search but to no avail. And there is no such script like
system-config-fonts, why?
I hope I were able to help.
Regards
--
Przemysław Pawełczyk (P2O2) [pron. Pshemislav Paveltchick]
http://pp.blast.pl, pp_o2@xxxxx
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