Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1495 mails)

[peter nikolic <p.nikolic1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 01 April 2009, David C. Rankin wrote:
> peter nikolic wrote:
> > On Tuesday 31 March 2009, John Andersen wrote:
> > > peter nikolic wrote:
> > > > Well i wish i could find a working driver for the laptop here  not had
> > > > a working ATI driver for ages and the machine is what 3.5 years old  so
> > > > i spose some one is going to tell me it's old hat  Errrr  i dont think
> > > > so no it ATI that are at fault totaly  i knew that AMD had made a bad
> > > > choice when they took up ATI much better had it been Nvidia ..
> > > >
> > > > Pete .
> > >
> > > Which chipset do you have in that laptop Pete?
> >
> > and i also am getting this from it now   i must add not on this machine
> > before anyone spots the sig this box does run 10.3  and will stay for the
> > forseeable future  it is the laptop that is on 11.1
> > right that out the way  no to it .
> >
> > voyager:/home/pete/downloads # rpm -ivh
> > fglrx64_7_4_0_SUSE111-8.582-1.x86_64.rpm
> > error: Failed dependencies:
> >         libstdc++.so.5 is needed by fglrx64_7_4_0_SUSE111-8.582-1.x86_64
> >         libstdc++.so.5(CXXABI_1.2) is needed by
> > fglrx64_7_4_0_SUSE111-8.582-1.x86_64
> >         libstdc++.so.5(GLIBCPP_3.2) is needed by
> > fglrx64_7_4_0_SUSE111-8.582-1.x86_64
> >
> > i can find no libstdc++.so.5  how does one solve this one .  think i must
> > be getting brain farts these days cus it just dont happen for me now
> >
> > Pete .
>
> WHOA COWBOY,
>
>       What are you doing trying to load the 9-2 driver (8.582), first things
> first, go get the 9-3 driver packages (Version 8.593) and then let's make
> another run at getting your laptop working. The 9-2 driver was so screwed
> up it caused my laptop to reboot on xdm start.
>
> Go get:
>
> https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-drive
> r-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run
>
>       for 10.3 x86_64 build the rpm with
>
> sh ati-driver-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg SuSE/SUSE103-AMD64
>
>       for 11.0 x86_64 build the rpm with
>
> sh ati-driver-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg SuSE/SUSE110-AMD64
>
>       for 11.1 x86_64 build the rpm with
>
> sh ati-driver-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg SuSE/SUSE111-AMD64
>
>
>
>       Then follow my install instructions (from the ATI install instructions):
>
> ***** NOTE the example below is for version (8.532) the 8-9 driver, so
> don't forget to use the current package in the steps below:
>
>
> (1) make sure the 'kernel-source' package is installed, if not, then
> install it (as root):
>
>       zypper in kernel-source
>
> (2) Build the fglrx rpm from the install package.
>
> i586:
>
>   sh ati-driver-installer-8-9-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg SuSE/SUSE110-IA32
>
> x86_64
>
>   sh ati-driver-installer-8-9-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg SuSE/SUSE110-AMD64
>         SuSE/SUSE110-AMD64
>
> (3) make a copy of your current xorg.conf so sax2 won't screw it up
>
>       cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /tmp/xorg.conf
>
> ************************************************
> ** if not in runlevel 3, go to runlevel 3 now **
> ************************************************
>
> (4) (as root for all remaining commands)
>
>       init 3
>
> (5) Removing old fglrx driver
>
>       rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep fglrx)
>
> (6) Preparing the kernel source (not 100% necessary, but proper)
>
>       cd /usr/src/linux
>       make mrproper
>       make cloneconfig > /dev/null 2>&1
>       make modules_prepare
>       make clean
>
> (7) Install the new fglrx rpm you created, example:
>
>       rpm -Uvh fglrx64_7_1_0_SUSE110-8.532-1.x86_64.rpm
>
> (8) Initialize your xorg.conf for the new driver:
>
>       aticonfig --initial
>
> (9) Add options to the end of /etc/X11/xorg.conf to enable compiz:
>
>
> Section "Extensions"
>         Option      "Composite" "true"
>         Option      "DAMAGE" "true"
> EndSection
>
> (10) REBOOT
>
> --
> David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
> Rankin Law Firm, PLLC
> 510 Ochiltree Street
> Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
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Right then   done everyting but still need libstdc++.so.5  that i am lead to 
believe is in libstdc-compat  now where the jiffin hell do i get that from  
right now google seems to be about as much use as a chocolate teapot in a 
transport cafe.

Pete .

-- 
Opensuse 10.3 x86_64 (Linux is like a wigwam  no Gates, no Windows, and an
Apache inside.)


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