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Date: | Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:24:33 +0100 |
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On 11/10/11 19:04, Wil Irwin wrote:
> Hi Alex-
>
> While I am not committed to the ATI proprietary drivers, I have been forced
> to use them for a number of reasons.
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> If you haven't noticed, since March, every month (if not more frequently),
> ATI releases an update as a rule. It is an unnecessary and very
> time-consuming effort. Other than keeping up with the updates, I have not
> found a better solution, other than changing vendors.
>
> Regards,
> Wil
>
Will,
Elrepo.org has RPM packages for the proprietary ATI drivers for both SL5
and SL6 (kmod-fglrx and fglrx-x11-drv) and these are updated monthly as
ATI release new updates. If you use these packaged drivers, updating is
as simple as running 'yum update' followed by a reboot.
Hope that helps.
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