Bug 116767 - Release notes - New article: ATI "fglrx" driver installation
Summary: Release notes - New article: ATI "fglrx" driver installation
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Documentation (show other bugs)
Version: RC 2
Hardware: Other All
: P5 - None : Normal
Target Milestone: RC 4
Assignee: Karl Eichwalder
QA Contact: Karl Eichwalder
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Reported: 2005-09-13 13:59 UTC by Stefan Dirsch
Modified: 2005-10-05 03:35 UTC (History)
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Description Stefan Dirsch 2005-09-13 13:59:43 UTC 
ATI "fglrx" graphics driver
----------------------------

Since 10.0 we no longer ship the ATI "fglrx" graphics driver. Instead we
switched to a download solution via YOU similar to NVIDIA. To install the driver
please select the according patch inside YOU to download and install the driver.
Afterwards you need to configure the driver manually via SaX2. Details can be 
found in /usr/share/doc/packages/fglrx/README.SuSE.
Comment 1 Andreas Jaeger 2005-09-13 14:29:59 UTC 
Let's start with:

  For SUSE Linux 10.0 we have a download solution for the ATI "fglrx" graphics
driver via YOU similiar to the way the NVIDIA driver is handled....
Comment 2 Stefan Dirsch 2005-09-13 14:34:56 UTC 
Convinced. I'm sure there's still room for proofreading my text. :-)
Comment 3 Karl Eichwalder 2005-09-13 18:15:07 UTC 
I'd like to list affected graphics cards.
Comment 4 Stefan Dirsch 2005-09-13 20:17:39 UTC 
The driver is optional. Most people install it because of 3D support. But of  
course we can add a list of supported graphics chips.  
 
(II) ATI Radeon/FireGL: The following chipsets are supported: 
        RADEON 9000/9000 PRO (RV250 4966), RADEON 9000 LE (RV250 4967), 
        MOBILITY FireGL 9000 (M9 4C64), MOBILITY RADEON 9000 (M9 4C66), 
        RADEON 9000 PRO (D9 4C67), RADEON 9250 (RV280 5960), 
        RADEON 9200 (RV280 5961), RADEON 9200 SE (RV280 5964), 
        MOBILITY RADEON 9200 (M9+ 5C61), MOBILITY RADEON 9200 (M9+ 5C63), 
        FireGL 8800 (R200 5148), RADEON 8500 (R200 514C), 
        RADEON 9100 (R200 514D), RADEON 8500 AIW (R200 4242), 
        RADEON 9600 (RV350 4150), RADEON 9600 SE (RV350 4151), 
        RADEON 9600 PRO (RV360 4152), 
        MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700 (M10/M11 4E50), 
        MOBILITY RADEON 9550 (M12 4E56), RADEON 9500 (R300 4144), 
        RADEON 9600 TX (R300 4146), FireGL Z1 (R300 4147), 
        RADEON 9700 PRO (R300 4E44), RADEON 9500 PRO/9700 (R300 4E45), 
        RADEON 9600 TX (R300 4E46), FireGL X1 (R300 4E47), 
        RADEON 9800 SE (R350 4148), RADEON 9550 (RV350 4153), 
        FireGL T2 (RV350 4154), RADEON 9800 PRO (R350 4E48), 
        RADEON 9800 (R350 4E49), RADEON 9800 XT (R360 4E4A), 
        FireGL X2-256/X2-256t (R350 4E4B), 
        MOBILITY FireGL T2/T2e (M10/M11 4E54), RADEON X300 (RV370 5B60), 
        RADEON X600 (RV380 5B62), FireGL V3100 (RV370 5B64), 
        MOBILITY RADEON X300 (M22 5460), MOBILITY FireGL V3100 (M22 5464), 
        RADEON X600 (RV380 3E50), FireGL V3200 (RV380 3E54), 
        MOBILITY RADEON X600 (M24 3150), MOBILITY RADEON X300 (M22 3152), 
        MOBILITY FireGL V3200 (M24 3154), RADEON X800 (R420 4A48), 
        RADEON X800 PRO (R420 4A49), RADEON X800 SE (R420 4A4A), 
        RADEON X800 XT (R420 4A4B), RADEON X800 (R420 4A4C), 
        FireGL X3-256 (R420 4A4D), MOBILITY RADEON 9800 (M18 4A4E), 
        RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition (R420 4A50), RADEON X800 (R423 5548), 
        RADEON X800 PRO (R423 5549), 
        RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition (R423 554A), 
        RADEON X800 SE (R423 554B), RADEON X800 XT (R423 5D57), 
        FireGL V7100 (R423 5550), FireGL V5100 (R423 5551), 
        MOBILITY RADEON X800 XT (M28 5D48), MOBILITY FireGL V5100 (M28 5D49), 
        RADEON X800 XL (R430 554D), RADEON X800 (R430 554F), 
        RADEON X850 XT Platinum Edition (R480 5D4D), 
        RADEON X850 PRO (R480 5D4F), RADEON X850 XT (R480 5D52), 
        MOBILITY FireGL V5000 (M26 564A), MOBILITY FireGL V5000 (M26 564B), 
        FireGL V5000 (RV410 5E48), FireGL V3300 (RV410 5E49), 
        RADEON X700 XT (RV410 5E4A), RADEON X700 PRO (RV410 5E4B), 
        RADEON X700 SE (RV410 5E4C), RADEON X700 (RV410 5E4D), 
        RADEON X700 (RV410 5E4F), MOBILITY RADEON X700 (M26 5652), 
        MOBILITY RADEON X700 (M26 5653), RADEON 9100 IGP (RS300 5834), 
        RADEON 9000 PRO/9100 PRO IGP (RS350 7834), 
        MOBILITY RADEON 9000/9100 IGP (RS300M 5835), 
        RADEON XPRESS 200 (RS400 5A41), RADEON XPRESS 200M (RS400 5A42), 
        RADEON XPRESS 200 (RS480 5954), RADEON XPRESS 200M (RS480 5955), 
        RADEON XPRESS 200 (RS482 5974), RADEON XPRESS 200M (RS482 5975), 
        RADEON XPRESS 200 (RC410 5A61), RADEON XPRESS 200M (RC410 5A62)
Comment 5 Stefan Dirsch 2005-09-14 12:56:57 UTC 
New proposal for Rebecca to proofread thanks to Karl:

  <!-- bug 116767 -->
  <sect3 id="ati_fglrx"  status="2005-09-14">
   <title>ATI Graphics Cards and the "fglrx" Graphics Driver</title>

   <para>
For ATI Graphics Cards, which are not supported by the Open Source DRI
driver, we have a download solution to enable 3D suppport using a
proprietary driver. The proprietary driver currently does not
support "Suspend to Disk" and "Suspend to RAM"!
</para>

   <para>
You can download the ATI "fglrx" graphics driver with YaST Online Update (YOU)
in a similar way like the NVIDIA is handled. To install the driver select the
according patch inside YOU and install the driver.  Then configure the driver
manually with SaX2. For more information, see
<filename>/usr/share/doc/packages/fglrx/README.SuSE</filename>.
</para>
  </sect3>
Comment 6 Karl Eichwalder 2005-09-14 12:58:56 UTC 
it's in now.