On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 11:20 AM, sync <jiannma at gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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 >> >> > I solved it by myself . I tried to try " yum install kernel kernel-header kernel-devel " command to install that packages and then reinstall the ATI graph driver again . This time the screen works well .. Haaha..... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20100814/f4c9b2b8/attachment-0005.html>