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diff --git a/system/fglrx-driver/README.SBo b/system/fglrx-driver/README.SBo new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..df555df5df5cd --- /dev/null +++ b/system/fglrx-driver/README.SBo @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +README.SBo for fglrx-driver + +Once you install this package, you should execute as root + fglrx-switch -fglrx + +You need to add this line to /etc/fstab if it's not already there: + tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 +and then mount /dev/shm as root. + +Finally, you need to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to make use of this driver. +It's a good idea to read also "Configuring the X server", in the section +"Setting up the 'fglrx' driver" at http://slackwiki.org/ATI_Graphics + +Also, if you upgrade this package(and fglrx-module) remember to unload +the fglrx module(# modprobe -r fglrx) and load it again(# modprobe fglrx). + +If you are in an X session as a normal user or in some other desktop/wm than +KDE or GNOME, you can do the following to run the ATI Catalyst Control Center: + user@darkstart:~$ su + root@darkstart:/home/user# xauth merge /home/user/.Xauthority + root@darkstart:/home/user# export DISPLAY=:0.0 + root@darkstart:/home/user# amdcccle & +or: + user@darkstart:~$ xhost LOCAL: + user@darkstart:~$ su + root@darkstart:/home/user# export DISPLAY=:0.0 + root@darkstart:/home/user# amdcccle & + +Before you uninstall or upgrade this package, you should execute as root + fglrx-switch -mesa |