On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Robert kerplop@sbcglobal.net wrote:

Please bear with me for a really stupid question...

I have a Radeon HD 4550 video card and currently run the Catalyst driver, fglrx_6_9_0-8.741-1. I use the "package managed" method for installing, allowing me keep track of what's what:

[rj@madeleine ~]$ su Password: [root@madeleine rj]# grep fglrx /var/log/yum* /var/log/yum.log:May 20 12:37:07 Updated: fglrx_6_9_0-8.723-1.i386 /var/log/yum.log:Jul 25 13:04:49 Erased: fglrx_6_9_0 /var/log/yum.log:Jul 25 13:33:11 Installed: fglrx_6_9_0-8.741-1.i386 [root@madeleine rj]# exit exit [rj@madeleine ~]$

So, my question is, must/should I rebuild the driver each time I install an updated kernel or is it sufficient to "yum remove fglrx_6_9_0-8.741-1", update the kernel and (maybe) glibc, then "yum localinstall $(locate i386/fglrx_6_9_0-8.741-1.i386.rpm)" ?

The answer is yes , if you update the new kernel , you may rebuild your dirver for it works...

If anyone wonders why I don't simply stick with the generic driver, the fglrx driver makes a WORLD of difference with Googleearth.

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