Fedora 14 Linux and ATI Radeon drivers installation [how to]

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Branko Djurkovic
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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).

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ATI driver installation

Step 1: Open Konsole: Alt+F2 and type: “konsole” [enter]

Step 2: Login as “root”

  1. su  

and enter your root passwd.

Step 3: Update the system

  1. yum update  

…or update just kernel

  1. yum update kernel  

Step 4: Install required tools

  1. yum install kernel-devel gcc wget  

Step 5: Reboot (and login to a new kernel, if any)

  1. 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)

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  1. wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-10-11-x86.x86_64.run  

Step 7: Start the installation

  1. 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

  1. cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod  

Step 9: Compile the driver’s module

  1. sh make.sh  

Step 10: Navigate to the proper module directory

  1. cd /lib/modules/fglrx  

Step 11: Install the compiled driver’s module

  1. sh make_install.sh  

Step 12: Add nomodeset as kernel option to grub.conf

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  1. sed -i ‘/root=/s|$| nomodeset|’ /boot/grub/grub.conf  

Step 13: Reboot to a new driver

  1. 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:

  1. 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:

  1. 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  

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