ATI fglrx 8.40.4 video driver package for Puppy 3.00
Posted: Sun 30 Sep 2007, 12:13
EDIT: There is a newer version of the fglrx driver that seems to have better rendering posted here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 549#156549
Here's a pet package for Puppy 3.00 (2.6.21.7 kernel). It contains ATI's 8.40.4 fglrx video driver. Your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file will be modified, but a backup is made first, /etc/X11/xorg.conf.orginal-0. The missing GL libs will be installed too. Uninstalling using pet get should put things back to how they where. But, you should probably test by making a new pup_save file. After installing you'll have to restart X or reboot.
Note: After the fglrx driver is installed and is in use, you cannot restart X. If you try the file system becomes unstable. You must reboot.
To test if acceleration is working, open a terminal and type:
Quote:
# fgl_glxgears
Here's the release notes:
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/ ... .40.4.html
And here's the package (12MB):
http://dotpups.de/puppy3/dotpups/XServe ... 8.40.4.pet
Big thanks to MU for hosting the file.
PS: If you want to test by booting up pfix=ram. You can, but petget has a bug, it will think you don't have enough space to install the package. You can work around this by modifying line 892 of /usr/sbin/petget. Change the 5 to a 1.
EXPNEEDB=`expr $EXPFILEB \* 1` #bz2 can expand up to x3, need twice temp space.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 549#156549
Here's a pet package for Puppy 3.00 (2.6.21.7 kernel). It contains ATI's 8.40.4 fglrx video driver. Your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file will be modified, but a backup is made first, /etc/X11/xorg.conf.orginal-0. The missing GL libs will be installed too. Uninstalling using pet get should put things back to how they where. But, you should probably test by making a new pup_save file. After installing you'll have to restart X or reboot.
Note: After the fglrx driver is installed and is in use, you cannot restart X. If you try the file system becomes unstable. You must reboot.
To test if acceleration is working, open a terminal and type:
Quote:
# fgl_glxgears
Here's the release notes:
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/ ... .40.4.html
And here's the package (12MB):
http://dotpups.de/puppy3/dotpups/XServe ... 8.40.4.pet
Big thanks to MU for hosting the file.
PS: If you want to test by booting up pfix=ram. You can, but petget has a bug, it will think you don't have enough space to install the package. You can work around this by modifying line 892 of /usr/sbin/petget. Change the 5 to a 1.
EXPNEEDB=`expr $EXPFILEB \* 1` #bz2 can expand up to x3, need twice temp space.