How To Install And Setup the ATI Proprietary Display Driver

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General Procedure

First, install the ati-x86 package (or ati-x86-64 for 64-bit architectures):

rocket emerge ati-x86

Then, run the ATI installer and follow on-screen instructions:

cd /usr/src/ati-x86
./ati-driver-installer-8.23.7-i386.run

Finally, use aticonfig to adapt your X configuration file, e.g.:

aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf

Note: Depending on your desired X setup, you might want to call aticonfig with different options.

Fine-Tuning

If the ATI proprietary driver does not work as expected, you might want to search the internet for possible solutions.

Recommended Links:

• http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Fglrx
• ATI Linux Platform Bugs

XVIDEO overlay

Some applications (e.g. tvtime) require a hardware video overlay. In that case, add the following lines to the [Devices] section (the one related to fglrx) of your X configuration file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf or /etc/X11/xfree86.conf):

Option          "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option          "OpenGLOverlay" "off"