Hi Phil- I VERY much appreciate your suggestion and help. Sadly, these repo options didn't solve my problem.
"Everything" installed correctly (i.e., without error and a clean install report). However, I was unable to make any changes using the SL default 'display' GUI. I noted that elsewhere in the repo documentation (which I hastily ignored due to the excitement over your solution), the HD 5970 series was not included in the list of supported devices. Am I missing something completely? I do have experience with Linux installations (not an expert by any means). And, specifically, have fought with display adaptor installations endlessly. Probably one of the most frustrating aspect of getting a new system up and running. Thanks again for any further guidance you can provide. Regards, Wil On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Phil Perry <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/03/11 17:28, Wil Irwin wrote: > >> Hi- >> >> >> I have tried multiple times to install the driver using the "GUI" >> installer >> and the subsequent steps. Installation appears to proceed and I can finish >> with "aticonfig --initial". However, the driver doesn't appear to be >> applied. Scrolling down any webpage or document is very constipated, and >> dragging windows across the screen is also extremely constipated. In >> addition the GUI for Catalyst Control Panel will allow resolution, etc. >> changes, but they are not applied after a re-boot. I have also tried the >> command-prompt based install, with exactly the same results. I'm using the >> 11.2 driver released on 02/15/2011. I should also note the same problem >> (or >> at least similar) happened with SL5 and Ubuntu 10.x) >> >> The errors shown for fgl_glxgears, fglrxinfo, and glxinfo. uname -r; and >> the >> xorg.conf file are listed below. I am running SL6 with all updates and >> packages installed. >> >> Any suggestions would be VERY MUCH appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Wil >> >> > > Hi Wil, > > Can I suggest you try the ATI driver package for EL6 from elrepo.org: > > http://elrepo.org > http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-fglrx > > I believe the elrepo.org repository might already be installed under SL6. > > Once you have elrepo installed, you can install the ATI drivers with: > > yum --enablerepo=elrepo install kmod-fglrx > > and if you need 32-bit application support on x86_64 then you should also > install the fglrx-x11-drv-32bit package too. > > *Before* you install the elrepo packaged drivers, please uninstall the > previous ATI installer drivers: > > sh /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh > > At the moment elrepo.org only has the 10.12 drivers for SL6 but I'll do my > best to get those updated soon. > >
