I have Fedora 7 Test 1 working with the AMD fglrx 8.33.6 display driver.
Installation:
- Download this: http://www.michaellarabel.com/downlo...7-02-02.tar.gz (this is still a package under development, though should work).
- Download the 8.33.6 driver from AMD.
- Pass the --extract argument to the ATI installer so it creates the fglrx-install folder
- Replace the item downloaded from michaellarabel.com with the Fedora folder found in fglrx-install/Fedora/
- Change your working directory to fglrx-install.
- Run ./ati-installer.sh 8.33.6 --buildpkg Fedora/F7
- If you get a message about entering a patch location, just type firegl_public.c
NOTES:
- Fedora Core is no more... it's technically Fedora 7 and as a result it is --buildpkg Fedora/F7 and not Fedora/FC7.
- Still need to disable Composite in your xorg.conf as it is not supported by the fglrx drivers.
- The Fedora Desktop Effects are not currently supported by the fglrx drivers.
- The updated (F7T1 supportive) packaging scripts may appear with fglrx 8.34 display driver later this month. BUT there are currently 2.6.20 conflicts with 8.34 due to its firegl_public code using the old INIT_WORK and not the two-argument version. (Hopefully I'll have the time to code a patch shortly or that someone else writes a patch)
- I haven't yet tried it out with 64-bit F7T1 but will do so soon.
- With the Fedora Desktop spin it doesn't include any development tools or libraries... the easiest way to fix this is use yum or go to Applications > Add / Remove Software > and then select Development Tools and Development Libraries, etc...
- qt-devel 3.3.7 is needed to build fireglcontrolpanel.
Those are the basic notes at this time. As the final Fedora 7 release nears more information will come about and a more proper guide.
If you have any questions just post. Any testing of the packaging scripts are appreciated.
Some of you interested in Fedora 7 testing, if you're seriously interested in the testing, please private message me about possibly joining the AMD Beta program.
Installation:
- Download this: http://www.michaellarabel.com/downlo...7-02-02.tar.gz (this is still a package under development, though should work).
- Download the 8.33.6 driver from AMD.
- Pass the --extract argument to the ATI installer so it creates the fglrx-install folder
- Replace the item downloaded from michaellarabel.com with the Fedora folder found in fglrx-install/Fedora/
- Change your working directory to fglrx-install.
- Run ./ati-installer.sh 8.33.6 --buildpkg Fedora/F7
- If you get a message about entering a patch location, just type firegl_public.c
NOTES:
- Fedora Core is no more... it's technically Fedora 7 and as a result it is --buildpkg Fedora/F7 and not Fedora/FC7.
- Still need to disable Composite in your xorg.conf as it is not supported by the fglrx drivers.
- The Fedora Desktop Effects are not currently supported by the fglrx drivers.
- The updated (F7T1 supportive) packaging scripts may appear with fglrx 8.34 display driver later this month. BUT there are currently 2.6.20 conflicts with 8.34 due to its firegl_public code using the old INIT_WORK and not the two-argument version. (Hopefully I'll have the time to code a patch shortly or that someone else writes a patch)
- I haven't yet tried it out with 64-bit F7T1 but will do so soon.
- With the Fedora Desktop spin it doesn't include any development tools or libraries... the easiest way to fix this is use yum or go to Applications > Add / Remove Software > and then select Development Tools and Development Libraries, etc...
- qt-devel 3.3.7 is needed to build fireglcontrolpanel.
Those are the basic notes at this time. As the final Fedora 7 release nears more information will come about and a more proper guide.
If you have any questions just post. Any testing of the packaging scripts are appreciated.
Some of you interested in Fedora 7 testing, if you're seriously interested in the testing, please private message me about possibly joining the AMD Beta program.
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