fglrx (was hosed by lunar update)

[Dennis Veatch]

On Friday 28 December 2007 12:17:54 pm Richard Pyne wrote:
> On 28 Dec 2007 at 3:52, Zbigniew Luszpinski wrote:
> > Thursday 27 of December 2007 19:09:09 Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> > > I have tried the fglrx in
> > > the moonbase, and it does not compile on 2.6.23.12, yet if I run the
> > > installer downloaded from ATI/AMD site, it installs just fine.
> >
> > The old fglrx driver in moonbase was not ready for 2.6.23 kernels. You
> > encountered our protection against bad install.
> >
> > Here in attachment most recent, updated fglrx module. Just unpack it to
> > zlocal and lin. Before lining do lvu info fglrx to check if it is
> > recognized by Lunar:
> > General Module Info
> >   Name:          fglrx
> >   Description:   Proprietary X.org driver for the AMD ATI Radeon GPUs
> >   Website:       http://ati.amd.com/
> >   Lunar Version: 8.443.1
> >   Last Updated:  20071228
> >   Section:       zlocal
> >
> > BTW: If you use KDE, in K->Tools menu you will find AMD Catalyst Control
> > Center.
> >
> > If you find this module fully working please bump it to moonbase because
> > I have no access.
> >
> > zbiggy
>
> The install worked fine. There are a couple of issues.
>
> 1) permissions on amdcccle (AMD Catalyst Control Center) need to allow
> user execution. As it is, only root can execute it.
>
> 2) The maximum resolution supported is 1280 x 720, making my 1440 x 900
> digital screen look crappy. It appears to have clobbered my previous
> screen settings (and I have forgotten where they are stored).
>
> --Richard
>

I've only been able to get 1280x1024 on my T60 even though it supports 
1680x1050.


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