Troy,

I'm using ATI X1600 on my laptop.
I've updated Tips and Tricks part of

http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/RedHat_Enterprise

for SL50. Basically SL5 [and RHEL 5] are very close to FC6. So I've 
build packages for FC6 and they works with SL5.
They use MESA OpenGL, instead of ATI OpenGL, so I can not watch full 
screen movies, but it's better than nothing, as with new drivers from 
SL5 even VESA drivers do not works... fb does not work either, so I 
cannot use vga=792 parameter for the kernel to see my penguin while 
booting the OS.

Cheers
Alex

Troy Dawson wrote, On 05/30/2007 01:25 AM:
> Howdy,
> This is just a note about the current state of affairs with 
> proprietary drivers in SL5.  This isn't to bash any vendor or start 
> any debate, it's just to give information.  These results are as of 
> last week, May 25, 2007.
> I will admit to being wrong.  So if someone has either a reasonable 
> fix, or proof to the contrary, please let me know.
>
> ATI
> For older releases (SL3 and SL4) ATI's proprietary driver compile and 
> installation program works quite well.  It can be used in graphical or 
> text mode.
> For SL5 the driver does not compile.  That isn't readily apparent 
> because the error flashes by so fast.  But when you try to use the ati 
> drivers, they aren't there.
> As far as I can tell, the world in general know about this, and 
> hopefully ATI is doing something about it.  So, if you have an ATI 
> based system, and are relying on the ATI drivers for some fancy stuff, 
> be sure to check and make sure ATI has finolly gotten a working driver 
> ready before you upgrade to SL5.
...
> Troy