On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:59:13PM +0700, Virgani Dirgacahya wrote:
I'm just a newbie and try to install OpenSuse 11.1 on my compie: Mobo: ECS A785GM-M VGA: ATI Radeon HD 4200
All working fine, until I trying to upgrade my VGA driver. Do this: 1. Download ati-driver-installer-10-1-x86.x86_64.run and then run it as a root PC05008:/etc/X11 # sh ./ati-driver-installer-10-1-x86.x86_64.run
follow all instructions on screen, and then run command PC05008:/etc/X11 # /usr/bin/aticonfig --initial -f
Please try the packages offered by ATI. See http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_package_repositories -> "ATI Video drivers" In 99.99% of the cases there is no need to compile anything. You "only" need to know which additional software repository is required. Don't listen to those recommending to compile it at your own. The majority of users have better things to do. ;) Lars -- Lars Müller [ˈlaː(r)z ˈmʏlɐ] Samba Team SUSE Linux, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany