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[John Andersen <jsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 24 February 2007, sfreilly@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> hi all,
>
> first time this has happened to me in the 4 yrs ive been using linux....new
> install of 10.2 on an acer 5100, unfortunately has an ati radeon 1100
> chipset, any clue here?
>
>
> steve@reilly:~> cd ~/Desktop
> steve@reilly:~/Desktop> su
> Password:
> reilly:/home/steve/Desktop # ./ati-driver-installer-8.32.5-x86.x86_64.run
> bash: ./ati-driver-installer-8.32.5-x86.x86_64.run: Permission denied
> reilly:/home/steve/Desktop #

Welcome to linux, where the mere presence of an "executable file"
(or virus) is insufficient to allow it to run.  Your system is thereby 
protected.

Set the permissions to allow it to be executed.

as root chmod 700  ./ati-driver-installer-8.32.5-x86.x86_64.run



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