Welcome to SuSE 9!

[Hexidecimal]

I've finally given in and dual booted my system with XP Pro and SuSE 9.0 Pro. It's interesting to say the least, easy enough to dual boot, but a pain to jump right into. For one, it seems to not like ATI's drivers much, understandable since ATI is more powerful on the DirectX front. I was wondering if anyone had some useful links to Linux Starters guides, helpful hints, methods of install these fliping drivers? My card works, but the resolution is a bit huge for my taste and wont get smaller on the stock drivers, and ATIs are finicky. I was also wondering if there was a way to get the GNOME interface to recognize RPM files?

Any help would be appriciated, I'm determined to get a foothold on this thing they call Linux :satisfied

 

[Malcolm]

**You have to be the root user to do the stuff below**

http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/...LINUXdriver&submit.x=11&submit.y=8&submit=GO!

Download the RPM, install it:

rpm -i {filename}

then run fglrxconfig to configure XFree.

now type in

modprobe fglrx

if that works find your local.start file (it will be somewhere in /etc) and add

modprobe fglrx

to the end of the file.

Restart XFree (login/logout) and you should be in your new resolution. Be sure to follow all instructions in the configureing utility and read everything.

I'm not 100% sure how SuSE operates so you may actually have to restart your computer.

 

[Hexidecimal]

I managed to change my res, but i get the error "Driver Does No Provide FireGLX11 extensions! Panel components will only operate partially."