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====== Proprietary Graphics Drivers ====== | ====== Proprietary Graphics Drivers ====== | ||
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AMD are dropping support for older cards (4xxx and downwards) in the current (12.6) and future releases of the proprietary drivers, so please make sure that your card is still supported. If it is not, then the open source '' | AMD are dropping support for older cards (4xxx and downwards) in the current (12.6) and future releases of the proprietary drivers, so please make sure that your card is still supported. If it is not, then the open source '' | ||
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+ | **Note:** the driver will not work on 14.2 because Catalyst supports only Xorg 1.17 and 3.19 (or no?). | ||
=== Download ==== | === Download ==== | ||
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=== Configuration ==== | === Configuration ==== | ||
- | You will need to reboot the system for it to make use of the new drivers. Before doing so you do we need to edit ''/ | + | You will need to reboot the system for it to make use of the new drivers. Before doing so you need to edit ''/ |
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blacklist radeon | blacklist radeon | ||
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Option " | Option " | ||
- | If there were no errors and the driver was installed successfully, | + | If there were no errors and the driver was installed successfully, |
=== Testing ==== | === Testing ==== | ||
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This should display rotating gears that run smoothly without glitches. | This should display rotating gears that run smoothly without glitches. | ||
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+ | You can also run: | ||
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+ | $ glxinfo | ||
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+ | Have a look at the first few lines of output to see if DRI is enabled. If it is not, then you need to do a bit more work, because the package creation built into the ati installer is quite old (pre official 64bit Slackware) and some files need to be moved around to make it work on the 14.1 version of Slackware. A package for slackbuilds.org that fixes the problem is being worked on, but in the meantime you can try a manual solution posted [[http:// | ||
=== Automatic un-install ==== | === Automatic un-install ==== | ||
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=== Downloading the Appropriate nVIDIA Driver Binary Installer === | === Downloading the Appropriate nVIDIA Driver Binary Installer === | ||
- | The first step is to download the appropriate driver from the [[ http:// | + | The first step is to download the appropriate driver from the [[http:// |
=== Disabling the nouveau Module === | === Disabling the nouveau Module === | ||
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* After building the module on x86_64 systems, the installer will prompt about installing nVIDIA' | * After building the module on x86_64 systems, the installer will prompt about installing nVIDIA' | ||
* Next, in the case of a previous version, the installer will uninstall the module. | * Next, in the case of a previous version, the installer will uninstall the module. | ||
- | * Once no conflicting X and, should this option be chosen, OpenGL files are found, the module will be installed. | + | * Once no conflicting X and (should this option be chosen) OpenGL files are found, the module will be installed. |
* The program will then offer to use the nvidia-xconfig utility to modify the xorg.conf file to reflect the change in video drivers. This utility often works, but could possibly change other values in xorg.conf. It does, however, back-up the original file to "''/ | * The program will then offer to use the nvidia-xconfig utility to modify the xorg.conf file to reflect the change in video drivers. This utility often works, but could possibly change other values in xorg.conf. It does, however, back-up the original file to "''/ | ||
* A prompt confirms that the driver installation is complete and was a success, at which point the program exits to the console. | * A prompt confirms that the driver installation is complete and was a success, at which point the program exits to the console. | ||
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