On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Robert <kerplop at 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 at madeleine ~]$ su > Password: > [root at 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 at madeleine rj]# exit > exit > [rj at 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. > > Thanks! > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20100824/dd62d350/attachment-0004.html>