Graphics driver probs

[aukword1]

Hi , i'm kinda new to linux and it seems that my graphics driver isnt working properly...it says that my graphics card is ATI RV350 AP but the card i have is a ati radeon all in wonder 9600 pro....the graphics and even video are running really slow... i was wondering if there was a way i can reinstall a new driver for it or if i have to reinstall linux alltogether if so....how would i go about doing this manually or even after the reinstallation.... i'm running opensuse 10.2 on a KDE 3.5 desktop...dunno if im doing something wrong but ... i downloaded the linux driver from ati.amd whatever and it comes as a run file...i've never come across a run file before and when i click on it it says it could be corrupted...then i searched the forums and it says i gotta install all kinds of programs like Xorg or freeBSD and all kinds of c***... i'm not sure if what i'm getting is right...someone please help a bit....

[gogalthorp]

Press

Ctrl-Alt-F1

This will bring you to console mode

Log on as root

Type
init 3

This will shut down the xserver ie the GUI
Type

sax2 -r -m 0=vesa (0 is a digit, not a letter!)

This should reset you to the default vesa driver (note this is not 3D)

Restart the GUI with
init 5

Press Ctrl-Alt-F1 again
log out of the termial by
typing
exit

Press ctrl-Alt-F7 to move back to the GUI

Now you can try to install the ATI driver again or not.

[aukword1]

ok thanks, what would be the proper way to install the driver....in fact i dunno even if i have the right driver file...i downloaded it from the ati/amd website but should i install it through yatx or or should i install it manuallly like an rpm file?

[dallasrosin]

http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/254/

I run 10.1, but this was a really helpful site for me. Especially the part about installing new sources.

You could take a look, it does talk about setting up cards for ATI.

Just remember that you're running 10.2, not 10.1, so the adding new sources would be different, but I would guess you could just change the 10.1 to 10.2 in the address.

Good luck,
Dallas

[devils casper]

Hacking SUSE Linux 10.1 - The Jem Report

I run 10.1, but this was a really helpful site for me. Especially the part about installing new sources.

You could take a look, it does talk about setting up cards for ATI.

Just remember that you're running 10.2, not 10.1, so the adding new sources would be different, but I would guess you could just change the 10.1 to 10.2 in the address.

Good luck,
Dallas

This tutorial is for SuSe 10.2.

[aukword1]

ok i got the driver installed through yast....but it seems that my graphics card still isnt working properly...it wont even run the opengl screensavers that well....also when i used wine to try and play CS source....it keeps telling me that my driver is out of date....then i checked inside source and it said my hardware driver was directx 6.0 but my software was 9.0b....any ideas?

also it seems like my opengl isnt workings....it says its not supported....i've tried installing the drivers manually and through yast...and somehow i got stuck in a default tty1 mode and couldnt get out of it into the regular desktop...i tried using the rxcdm start cmd but it wouldn't work.but thats not important...i'm just trying to figure out why opengl isnt working....any help would be appreciated.

[devils casper]

Execute this

su
lspci | grep "VGA"

Post output here.

[aukword1]

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AP [Radeon 9600]

thats what i get

[devils casper]

Did you install ATI driver?
Execute this

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep "Driver"

Does it display "radeon"?

[aukword1]

"kbd"
"mouse"
"fglrx"

yea i think so...