ATI Radeon 9700 Driver error

[vivitar]

No matter which file I try to install I get the following error. Sorry if this is an overly noob problem

Installation failed:
file /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 from install of fglrx-4.1.0-3.14.6 conflicts with file from package libxorg-x11-6.7.0-2mdk

Any thoughts? Also the check.sh tells me it is unable to determine xfree86 version...

Edit: Have Xorg... Was looking in my configuration, heh.

[UgoDeschamps]

The answer to this question is on ATI.COM...
Dont hesitate to search a little when trying to solve an issue

here's the link to the page

Dont hesitate to ask further information if this page satisfy your needs

[vivitar]

Woops... I'm sorry.. Read a little bit of the faq but I guess I wasn't looking hard enough. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction though. ^_^

[UgoDeschamps]

No problem mate the topic wasnt formulated as-is on ATI, it was posted as "conflict with Xfree" something.
Anyway, if you need more help, simply post back

[vivitar]

Hmm.. Errors abound, LoL
rpm -Uh --force ati.rpm
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*** Trying to install a precompiled kernel module.
*** WARNING ***
Tailored kernel module for fglrx not present in your system.
You must go to /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod subdir
and execute './make.sh' to build a fully customed kernel module.
Afterwards go to /lib/modules/fglrx and run './make_install.sh'
in order to install the module into your kernel's module repository.
(see readme.txt for more details.)

As of now you can still run your XServer in 2D, but hardware acclerated
OpenGL will not work and 2D graphics will lack performance.

failed.
*** Error: no kernel module build environment - please consult readme.
*** Warning ***
The QT based control panel application did not load in any version.
===
ATI display drivers successfully installed
please run 'fglrxconfig' now
===
is what it gave me.... and when I follow the instructions

cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod
[root@localhost build_mod]# ./make.sh
bash: ./make.sh: Permission denied
is what I get... Permission denied...

[UgoDeschamps]

whats the rights on this make.sh file?
I know that root should be able to execute everything, but mabye you'll need to change the permissions

[vivitar]

ok.Found out you need the kernel source. Now I have successfully gotten the drivers to install without a problem. I run fglrxconfig and set it up. Then reboot just to make sure. Lo and behold when I boot back up I am presented a text based login. So I figure I might have to startx to get it going... I log in and startx. I get the following error:

XIO: fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer) on X server ";0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.


Also it says new driver is "ati"
(==) Using default built-in configuration (53 lines)
(ww) RADEON: No matching device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) found
Fatal error: Cannot run in framebuffer mode. Please specify busIDs for all framebuffer devices.

I know there was a faq that said what to do if startx didn't work. Just can't remember where I saw it and can't seem to find it anymore. Also my card is a radeon 9700 Pro AGP. So I don't quite get the PCI reference. Sorry if this is overly stupid. ^_^

[vivitar]

:SHAMEFULL BUMP:

[UgoDeschamps]

Can you please post your /etc/X11/XF86Config file,
try to remove all the commented lines (#)

Thanks in advance

[vivitar]

I've managed to get this problem solved. Thanks for the help everyone. mandrakeusers.com has a walkthrough for it. Was as simple as using a touch and cat command. ^_^