On Saturday 10 February 2007, charles buchanan wrote: > On Saturday 10 February 2007 16:02, John Andersen wrote: > > On Saturday 10 February 2007, Charles R. Buchanan wrote: > > > I didn't want to say that maybe the instructions were wrong. ;-) This > > > (ati-driver-installer-8.33.6-x86.x86_64.run) is the driver I downloaded > > > from the ATI website. Last week I ran the installer and the cancel and > > > (ok/next/continue) button was below the bottom of the screen so I had > > > no way of moving and/or resizing the dialog box! > > > > Init 3 > > then do it all in a shell (text mode). > > So far, what I have really learned is that nothing comes by with any > resemblance of being relatively easy huh? :-( > > This is what it said to do on the website: > > ========= > > # su > password > # cd /usr/src/linux > # make mrproper > # make cloneconfig > # make modules_prepare > # make clean > > --------------------- > > This is (recommended) to prepare the Kernel for the new drivers. Ok, that's > fine. However, there is no directory called Linux. :-O Now the thought > have occurred to me that maybe this is a generic name, The folder(s) that > are there are "linux-2.6.18.2-34-obj" and "packages" So I'll replace the > name and see what happens.
A) I never had to do any of that. Remember, you are going to run the installer.bin not recompile a kernel, or even make modules. B) You will probably need your kernel source rpms installed. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
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