Title: ati-fglrx.tcz Description: AMD/ATI Linux drivers. Version: 12.4 Author: AMD/ATI Original-site: http://www.ati.amd.com Copying-policy: Proprietary Size: 51M Extension_by: Arslan S. Tags: AMD/ATI Linux drivers. Comments: To install ati fglrx driver: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-) Blacklist radeon module and reboot To blacklist radeon module add to kernel bootcodes: $ blacklist=radeon or add to /opt/bootlocal.sh: $ modprobe -r radeon # this line requires graphics-KERNEL to be loaded on boot 2-) Download and install the extension ati-fglrx-kernel-source (ati license does not permit distribution of kernel module) $ tce-load -wil ati-fglrx-kernel-source 3-) Run ati-fglrx-kernel-module-installer to build a kernel module extension which is required by ati-fglrx $ sudo ati-fglrx-kernel-module-installer 4-) Download and install the extension ati-flgrx $ tce-load -wi ati-fglrx 5-) Configure X server settings for fglrx driver $ sudo aticonfig --initial 6-) Start X server $ startx 7-) Run fgl_glxgears to test installation $ fgl_glxgears 8-) Add etc/X11/xorg.conf to your backup list (/opt/.filetool.lst) $ echo etc/X11/xorg.conf >> /opt/.filetool.lst ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This extension requires Xorg. This extension is not compatible with Xorg-7.6 so Xorg-7.5 is recommended. This extension is not compatible with tinycore64 kernel. Change-log: 2010/11/20 First Version 10.11 2011/01/17 Updated to 10.12 2011/02/24 Updated to 11.2 2011/09/13 Updated to 11.8 2011/10/04 Updated to 11.9 Current: 2012/06/30 Updated to 12.4