Okay guys, this is my first blog post in English, only because I had problems with this and found no solution on the web, so I decided to share this to all of yu.
As you know, Fedora Linux is a lil’ bit tricky when it goes to ATI graphics drivers, so you can use this easy steps to go trough ATI’s official non-free proprietor drivers on Fedora Linux 14 (i686).
ATI driver installation
Step 1: Open Konsole: Alt+F2 and type: “konsole” [enter]
Step 2: Login as “root”
- su
and enter your root passwd.
Step 3: Update the system
- yum update
…or update just kernel
- yum update kernel
Step 4: Install required tools
- yum install kernel-devel gcc wget
Step 5: Reboot (and login to a new kernel, if any)
- reboot
Open Konsole again, and login as root (step 1 && step 2)
Step 6: Download ATI Catalyst driver (download this version because you’ll have problems with newest)
- wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-10-11-x86.x86_64.run
Step 7: Start the installation
- bash ./ati-driver-installer-10-11-x86.x86_64.run
…and go with standard next-next-finish yada-yada… everything by default
Step 8: Navigate to proper module build directory
- cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod
Step 9: Compile the driver’s module
- sh make.sh
Step 10: Navigate to the proper module directory
- cd /lib/modules/fglrx
Step 11: Install the compiled driver’s module
- sh make_install.sh
Step 12: Add nomodeset as kernel option to grub.conf
- sed -i ‘/root=/s|$| nomodeset|’ /boot/grub/grub.conf
Step 13: Reboot to a new driver
- reboot
If you get your GUI working, you should find “ATI Catalyst Control Center” in:
Main menu > Applications > Settings > ATI Catalyst Control Center
EDIT: For Compiz Fusion install this:
If you’re using Gnome:
- yum install ccsm emerald-themes compizconfig-backend-gconf fusion-icon-gtk emerald compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-gnome libcompizconfig compiz-gnome compiz-bcop compiz compizconfig-python compiz-fusion-extras compiz-fusion-extras-gnome
If you’re using KDE:
- yum install ccsm emerald-themes compizconfig-backend-kconfig fusion-icon-qt emerald compiz-fusion libcompizconfig compiz-bcop compiz compizconfig-python compiz-fusion-extras compiz-kde compiz-manager
Original article on my blog: Fedora 14 Linux and ATI Radeon drivers installation [how to]