Thursday, September 02, 2010

Configure ATI driver on OpenSUSE 11.3

SL410升級到OpenSUSE 11.3後竟然無法順利啟動X Server,做了一些事情後,讓X Server起來了可是得到的結果是....
1. 解析度只有1024*768
2. 沒有3D特效
3. 有開啟3D特效的user account,登入GNOME後,畫面一片空白

好吧,想說新增ATI driver for OpenSUSE 11.3的repository,沒想到更新後更慘,X Server又起不來了?只好先把它移除,然後上google找看看有沒有解法,果然有人提出了完美的更新方法,請注意作者有先說明:
ATI doesn’t provide anymore repository for their binary drivers, so we have to build them on each needed system. When the 11.3 hits the street, the procedure was complex and not so easy, now with their 10.7 ( 8.753 ) version, it’s doable.

照著這位前輩的作法,果然是重新搞定了我的桌面環境,實在是非常地感謝他呀,說起來ATI真是.......