2010/8/13 Przemysław Pawełczyk <pp_o2 at o2.pl> > On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:28:56 -0700 (PDT) > John Doe <jdmls at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > From: sync <jiannma at gmail.com> > > > 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? > > Hi, > > 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 at o2.pl > > _______________________________________________ > 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/20100814/233f50ac/attachment-0005.html>