Recompiling kernal?

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

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

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.

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? :-/

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.

But i did install everything.

Hrm...

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..

:(

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". :p

Are you installing as root?

Yes i installed as root.

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