Fedora 8 + Linux 2.6.23 Kernel & ATI fglrx

[Christian_L]

you can try to see if it can be done with aticonfig...

try aticonfig --help in the terminal.

Thanks, tried that one already, but could not really find something. Still looking...

Edit: some of the options I tried give the same error as amdcccle:

aticonfig --query-dispattrib lvds,overscan
aticonfig: xcb_xlib.c:50: xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion `c->xlib.lock' failed.

Well, let's ho.. - erm - "wait" for 8.43, anyway.

[Christian_L]

Fedora 8 was released after 8.43. Does 8.43 generate F8 specific package? Should I just use the F7 package, or does it even matter? Or maybe just a generic installation..

There are basically two ways to install it:

1) Use the driver from the ATI download page. Because of Kernel 2.6.23, you will need to apply a patch for it to work. I have not tried this out myself.

2) Install the packages from the livna repository, as described here: http://www.fedorafaq.org/#radeon

[Christian_L]

... and finally some good news: I really don't understand why, but suspend and hibernate are magically working again on my laptop (Inspiron 6400, Moblity Radeon X1400, Fedora 8, kernel 2.6.23.1-49)!

Did anybody have the same luck?

[kbosak]

Is the Livna fglrx package already patched for the 2.6.23 kernel? I'm running Fedora 8 with an X1400 and can't get the desktop effects or control panel working using the livna package. I have the same problem described in the first post here:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=171236

I wasn't sure if I should download the ati installer and patch it (or even how to do that).

Any ideas?