Bug 157992 - option for downloading ATI proprietary 3D drivers via Online Update?
Summary: option for downloading ATI proprietary 3D drivers via Online Update?
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: SUSE Linux 10.1
Classification: openSUSE
Component: X11 3rd Party (show other bugs)
Version: Beta 8
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Enhancement with 5 votes (vote)
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Assignee: Stefan Dirsch
QA Contact: Stefan Dirsch
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Reported: 2006-03-14 16:37 UTC by Jiri Dluhos
Modified: 2006-08-01 23:57 UTC (History)
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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