[CentOS] ATI mobility Radeon HD 5470

Thu Aug 12 02:11:14 UTC 2010
sync <jiannma at gmail.com>

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 1:38 AM, <nux at li.nux.ro> wrote:

> sync writes:
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> >    Hi , guys:
> >
> >    I have a new Acer  laptop and I have installed CentOS 5.5 x86_64 bit.
> >
> >    The problem is that there is no driver for the ATI mobility radeon
> >    HD5470  and the graphic is so bad!
> >
> >    On amd-ati website I have found the catalyst driver version 10.2 butit
> >    seems not to be the correct solution.
> >
> >
> >
> >    The current screen resolution is 1024x768, but my laptop is widescreen
> >    and the best screen resolution is 1366x768.
> >
> >
> >    Do you have any suggestion?
> >
> >    Thanks in advance ....
> >
> >
> >    <URL:http://ubuntuforums.org/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=8970366<http://ubuntuforums.org/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=8970366>
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> The driver should work:
>
> https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver
> -installer-10-7-x86.x86_64.run
>
> http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx
>
> RHEL 5.5 is among the officially supported OSes.
>
>
Thanks  for your advice .

 I try  to use that version  but  it does not work ...

The error message is the following :

    Fatal : Module fglrx not found ..
        fglrx(0): hasn't established DRM connection ...
        ..
        ..
        Fatal Server errror :
        Caught signal 11. Server aborting ..
        (EE)fglrx(0): firegl_SetSuspendResumeState    FAILED -9



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