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howtos:hardware:proprietary_graphics_drivers [2013/04/26 13:29 (UTC)] – edited a couple of sentences brianl | howtos:hardware:proprietary_graphics_drivers [2016/12/09 04:52 (UTC)] (current) – reedych | ||
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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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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 === |