Bug 157992

Summary:	option for downloading ATI proprietary 3D drivers via Online Update?
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE Linux 10.1	Reporter:	Jiri Dluhos <jdluhos>
Component:	X11 3rd Party	Assignee:	Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch>
Severity:	Enhancement
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	asklein, froh, suse-beta, vetter
Version:	Beta 8
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Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
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Description Jiri Dluhos 2006-03-14 16:37:50 UTC

Could we provide an option to download and install the proprietary ATI 3D driver via our Online Update system, like it is possible with nVidia?

I believe it would help quite a large set of users who would like to use 3D acceleration but do not dare to install the drivers manually (it is a nontrivial task with compiling the kernel module etc.)

This would be especially appreciated when the XGL is deployed :-)

Comment 7 Stefan Dirsch 2006-08-01 23:57:52 UTC

This is finally set up for SLES10/SLED10 and also works for SUSE 10.1. See
my ATI/NVIDIA HOWTO.

http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html
http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/ati-installer-HOWTO.html