Info: ATI Drivers 9.7 does not work in Fedora 11 (2.6.29+)
Yesterday, AMD released ATI Catalyst™ 9.7 Proprietary Linux x86/x86_64 Display Drivers. I happened to checkout the website today. Initially I was very excited about it hoping that these drivers will work with 2.6.29+ and I’ll be able to use my ATI Radeon HD 3200 which is lying dead since a fortnight or so. I downloaded the drivers immediately and switched to Fedora 11 default kernel. Installed the drivers and checked the install log located at /usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log. And I saw a failure. AMD disappointed me, yet another time 
In case you happen to screw your graphics display while trying to install ATI drivers, use the following command to uninstall fglrx.
[root@fedora ~]$ /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh
Well, I am back to square one. Have to wait for another month and I hope next release will have support for kernel 2.6.29+.
Update : Drivers are working now. Move on to How To: Install ATI Catalyst (fglrx) 9.8 Drivers on Fedora 11.
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I’m right there with you. Sitting on a HD 2600 in my laptop, letting it collect dust. I’ve had nothing but smiles when using F11, except when I’ve read forum post after post of people hitting a brick wall. A brick wall that is AMD/ATi.
Does your card not work with the free drivers (radeon and radeonhd)? If not, have you tried the common workarounds at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F11_bugs#radeon-misc-gfx , and/or filed bug reports?
Adam,
I didn’t try the free drivers. Will give them a shot sometime soon.
Thanks.
Adam,
I tried building radeonhd drivers but they didn’t work properly or I should say they didn’t work at all
Also, they end up screwing my video/audio and I am having hard time fixing it.