Suse 10.2 ATI HELP!

[DIreola]

I am trying to install driver for my ATI mobility X1400 on my dell Inspiron 1500 And it won't work. I am running Suse 10.2 and I install the x86. System is a P4 processor with 1GB ram. I fellow the steps that was given to me by ATI... HERE IS THE LINK TO THE STEP THAT I HAVE TAKEN.
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...38.6-inst.html

Can anyone help me...

[Cool01]

I do not have time to help you, but you might get some help if you post what the result was when you "followed" those steps. What output came on the screen?

[docarockus]

As Cool01 stated, the forum needs to know what sort of error you are getting and at what point in the installation process things go wrong.

It has been some time since I have had to struggle through an ATI driver install (last year when I built a new computer, I made sure it had an nVidia card!). When I started using Linux back in 10.0, it took me about 2 days and looking through dozens of wiki's and howto's to finally have success. Here are a couple more links for you to look at:

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...ux_8.38.6.html
SuSE/OpenSuSE - cchtml.com

The first link is the release notes from ATI. Make sure that you have all the packages listed installed via YaST or Smart before you try again. The second link is to the unofficial ATI driver install wiki. Once again, read through and check to make sure you have all the required packages installed before you try to reinstall the driver.

If my memory serves me, I always had success with the automatic selection of the installer. Maybe I was just lucky. My advice is to make a copy of your xorg.conf file before you start, this way you can hopefully get things back to they way they were before you started mucking about with your system. To do this, log in as root: cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup

During your install, make notes of the steps you take each time; this will serve two purposes. First, it will help you keep track of what steps you took each time and prevent you from going round and round. Secondly, you can post back to the forum the exact steps you took and the exact error you are getting. And when your install does succeed, you will have a personal wiki for you to use after you upgrade your kernel or X-system and must reinstall the ATI driver again.

Finally, be patient and don't try to do this in the wee hours when your brain is mush. Others have succeeded and they will help, provided you give them the information they need.

-docarockus