could not open driver install

[sykes]

i just installed FC5 and i downloaded the ati driver installer.run file and when i went to open it after the download i get an error


Could not open the file /root/desktop/ati-driver-installer-8.29.6.run.

gedit has not been able to detect the character coding.
Please chekc that you are not trying to open a binary file.
Select a character coding from the menu and try again.

Character coding: Current Locale (UTF-


how do i open this file

[jan1024188]

you cannot install drivers like that!!!

put drivers in your home directory
enter into runlevel3
by typing

init 3   or /sbin/init 3

now type

 sh yourdrivers.run

i hope that helps

[sykes]

man i'm really a big newbie can you explain to me how to do that?

sorry dude lol i just dont know anything


do i do that in a terminal or something???

[jan1024188]

yes
press ctrl-alt-F1


you dont have to be sorry....im sorry(im a bit nervous)

[sykes]

ok so i press ctrl+alt+F1

i login as root

and then i type

init 3

and then

sh /root/desktop/ati-driver-install.run

cause thats where my file is. or do i just type

sh ati-driver-install.run

[jan1024188]

yes

if you want to type sh ati-driver-install.run,thank you have to put drivers in your home directory
or
type cd /root/Desktop,but ive newer saw that Desktop would be in root.Is it /home/root?

[bigtomrodney]

Don't sweat it, you don't need to be in runlevel 3 to install ATI drivers, just be able to restart X afterwards. In a terminal

sudo sh /root/desktop/ati-driver-installer-8.29.6.run

and enter the root password if prompted. Make sure you have kernel headers/source installed and make/gcc.

[sykes]

ok i got the installer running but at the end it says there were problems so i looked at the log file and it shows this


[Message] Kernel Module : trying to install a precompiled kernel module/
[message] kernel module : precompiled kernel module version mismatched
[error] kernel module : no kernel module build environment - please consult readme

what does this mean

[bigtomrodney]

That means you need a build environment - basically as I mentioned gcc, make and kernel headers (or source). You should be able to install these using the Yum package manager.

[sykes]

ok i got it going....

now i just need to fix two more things....

first of all every time turn on my laptop i get the "first time boot" thing how do i stop that from coming up everytime??


and secondly when its booting i get the error

PCI: Cannot allocate resourse region 7 of bridge 000.00.004
PCI: Cannot allocate resourse region 8 of bridge 000.00.004
PCI: Cannot allocate resourse region 9 of bridge 000.00.004
PCI: Cannot allocate resourse region 7 of bridge 000.00.005
PCI: Cannot allocate resourse region 8 of bridge 000.00.005


whats the deal with that...can i fix it?