kmod-fglrx

kmod-fglrx provides the AMD/ATI driver kernel module (fglrx.ko). It is built to depend upon the specific ABI provided by a range of releases of the same variant of the Linux kernel and not on any one specific build.

fglrx-x11-drv provides the proprietary AMD/ATI binary OpenGL X11 display driver files.

fglrx-x11-drv-32bit provides 32-bit compatibility libs for x86_64 systems.

After installing / updating this package, users are advised to reboot their system. Simply restarting X may not suffice, one needs to drop out of X, remove and reload the fglrx kernel module and restart X. For most end users, a reboot will be simpler ;)

Notes for users who previously installed with ATI's binary installer
Users who have previously installed the driver by running the binary installer provided by AMD/ATI are advised to uninstall it before attempting to install kmod-fglrx. For example, by running:



Notes for x86_64 users
If your system is running 64-bit and you require 32-bit libraries as well, you would need fglrx-x11-drv-32bit:




Known Issues

kmod-fglrx fails to install correctly from a kickstart file on EL6

Kickstart installs of kmod-fglrx fail on EL6. Uninstalling and reinstalling kmod-fglrx should fix the issue. See here:

http://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=98

A fix is to add the following line to the %post section of the kickstart script before installing the kmod package:




Supported Chipsets
This driver is the current release and supports the most recent AMD/ATI based graphics cards.

Users of cards based on older chipsets (see below) should use the older kmod-fglrx93 legacy driver which supports the following chipsets:


* RADEON 9500 PRO/9700 (R300 4E45)
* RADEON 9500 (R300 4144)
* RADEON 9500 (R350 4149)
* RADEON 9550 (RV350 4153)
* RADEON 9600 PRO (RV360 4152)
* RADEON 9600 (RV350 4150)
* RADEON 9600 (RV350 4E51)
* RADEON 9600 (RV351 4155)
* RADEON 9600 SE (RV350 4151)
* RADEON 9600 XT (R300 4146)
* RADEON 9600 XT (R300 4E46)
* RADEON 9700 PRO (R300 4E44)
* RADEON 9800 PRO (R350 4E48)
* RADEON 9800 (R350 4E49)
* RADEON 9800 SE (R350 4148)
* RADEON 9800 XT (R360 4E4A)
* RADEON X300 (RV370 5B60)
* RADEON X550 (RV370 5B63)
* RADEON X600 (RV380 3E50)
* RADEON X600 (RV380 5B62)
* RADEON X700 PRO (RV410 5E4B)
* RADEON X700 (RV410 5E4D)
* RADEON X700 (RV410 5E4F)
* RADEON X700 SE (RV410 5E4C)
* RADEON X700 XT (RV410 5E4A)
* RADEON X800 GTO (R430 554F)
* RADEON X800 GTO (R480 5D4F)
* RADEON X800 GT (R423 554B)
* RADEON X800 GT (R430 554E)
* RADEON X800 PRO (R420 4A49)
* RADEON X800 PRO (R423 5549)
* RADEON X800 (R420 4A48)
* RADEON X800 (R420 4A4C)
* RADEON X800 (R423 5548)
* RADEON X800 (R430 554F)
* RADEON X800 SE (R420 4A4A)
* RADEON X800 SE (R420 4A4F)
* RADEON X800 SE (R423 554B)
* RADEON X800 VE (R420 4A54)
* RADEON X800 XL (R430 554D)
* RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition (R420 4A50)
* RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition (R423 554A)
* RADEON X800 XT (R420 4A4B)
* RADEON X800 XT (R423 5D57)
* RADEON X850 PRO (R480 5D4F)
* RADEON X850 PRO (R481 4B4B)
* RADEON X850 (R481 4B48)
* RADEON X850 SE (R481 4B4A)
* RADEON X850 XT Platinum Edition (R480 5D4D)
* RADEON X850 XT Platinum Edition (R481 4B4C)
* RADEON X850 XT (R480 5D52)
* RADEON X850 XT (R481 4B49)
* RADEON X1200 (RS690 826D)
* RADEON X1300 (RV515)
* RADEON X1600 (R530)
* RADEON X1800 (R520)
* RADEON X1900 (R580)
* RADEON 2100 (RS740, 796e)

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