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01-24-2008	#1 (permalink)
ashjas Just Joined! Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 6	fglrx drivers ati x700 on fedora 8 Hi, I am trying to install the fglrx drivers provided from ati. on trying to build the fedora8 specific rpm i get this error:: this is a snippet from the commands shown while building the pkg...and ends with this error.. Code: Requires(postun): /bin/sh Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.452.1-1-3209-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.452.1-1.f8-root-root error: Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found: /usr/sbin/amdnotifyui RPM build errors: Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found: /usr/sbin/amdnotifyui can anyone guide me on this.. basically i am trying this installation of ati drivers because opengl programs dont run flawlessly...the title bar of opengl programs dont show...,when draging the window...the rendering part of the window stays on its place...doesnt drag etc etc... so please some one guide me in installing the ati drivers on my fedora 8. Thanks very much.

01-25-2008	#2 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,049	Hi and Welcome ! You can install ATI driver through Package Manager, yum. Does your machine has internet access? __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

01-27-2008	#3 (permalink)
ashjas Just Joined! Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 6	ok i installed the ati drivers from yum like this: yum install kmod-fglrx xorg-x11-drv-fglrx xorg-x11-drv-fglrx-libs-32bit this i got from here: Code: http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=155503&page=1&pp=15 but when i log in through my username and password that is other than root, I got a greyed screen...firstly the desktop wallpaper loaded...but at the moment when the taskbar was to be loaded the screen got whitish-greyed... but when i log with root everything is fine... some how if the userlogin is other than the root,i am getting the grey screen.. Please help Thanks.

01-27-2008	#4 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,049	Which Desktop Environment are you using? KDE or Gnome or anything else? __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

01-27-2008	#5 (permalink)
ashjas Just Joined! Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 6	I am on gnome

01-27-2008	#6 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,049	Execute this Code: cd /home/<User_id> mv .gconfd gconfd.bak * Replace <user_id> with actual user_name. Try to login as Regular user. In case it doesn't work, mv .gconf, .gnome2 folders too. __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

01-27-2008	#7 (permalink)
ashjas Just Joined! Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 6	thanks for replying. but i dont need it now as somehow changing the xorg.conf file has solved the problem. thanks for the help...but can u explain me please that what that command is meant for? I have some other problems... i have successfully installed the drivers and the glxgears is giving mre abt 4600 FPS but there are a few problems: 1)There is some strange screen problem in the lower right corner.There are some series of bars two in numbers that appear after a while.and similar bars/lines also appear on the mouse cursor when i double click an icon.I could take a screenshot for that but that strange screen error dont appear on that screenshot. 2) secondly i cant enable the desktop effects after installing the drivers. 3)and when the screensaver loads...there is some sort of screen flickering but eventually the screensaver loads fine. Can these be solved? Thanks very much for taking time and helping.

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