Recompiling kernal?

[MattG]

Im trying to install a ATI driver for my 9700 pro on Slackware 9.0

Using the scripts that came with the driver i downloaded, i get errors.

I read on another forum that if you recomplie the kernal to be i586 or higher it might work?

Im not sure what that means to be honest.

I just wanna install this ATI driver so i get better video and stuff.

Right now im running the ghetto, vesa driver...looks like crap.

Any help would be great! thanks.

Matt

 

[Nodsu]

I'm not very familiar, but most likely your kernel is already above i586, distros come with precompiled kernels for K7 and i686.

 

[Phantasm66]

I am not sure, but recompiling the kernel would probably not hurt.

However, this is not for the faint hearted, or for those with little Linux experience.

I am more than happy to write a guide, if you like.

However, I think your problems are in another area. Check everything you have done first.

 

[MattG]

Ok, im posting this within linux- So i have gotten some place

I have downloaded the ATI Driver that i need.

and it spits this at me

error: failed dependencies:
/bin/sh is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
/bin/sh is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
/bin/sh is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
/bin/sh is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
ld-linux.so.2 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
libc.so.6 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
libdl.so.2 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
libICE.so.6 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
libm.so.6 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
libpthread.so.0 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
libSM.so.6 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
libX11.so.6 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
libXaw.so.7 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
libXext.so.6 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
libXmu.so.6 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
libXpm.so.4 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
libXt.so.6 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
/bin/bash is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3) is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5


and this means? :-/

 

[Phantasm66]

This means that you have a whole lot of unsatisfied dependancies.

In Windows, code containing common components and libraries are shared in .dlls.

A similar system is in Linux, where when you install one thing, its expected that you have a whole bunch of other things installed first (which may not seem directly related) for everything to work.

From that list, you seem to have a lot of things missing, including important compilers and so forth.

Perhaps, given your novice status, you should think about reinstalling, and choosing to do a full install. Even if you are not a developer, you need a lot of the development stuff installed under linux to give you the ability to install other software.

 

[MattG]

But i did install everything.

Hrm...

 

[MattG]

Been playing around with a bunch of the different ATI cards they have built into Slackware.

They work.

But when i go to restart Xwindows, my monitor goes out of sync and im forced to reboot.

WTH is this?


SO far ive seen more errors in linux than windows! AHH..

 

[Nodsu]

You need to adjust the monitor specs in the X configuration file or just run the X configuration program.

And you shouldn't call them errors.. They are "features", also called "configurability", "flexibility" and "portability". There are really good excuses for this like: "open source", "free" and "platform independence".

 

[Mictlantecuhtli]

Are you installing as root?

 

[MattG]

Yes i installed as root.

at the beginning i had to log into the setup at root.