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To convert it to a <TT CLASS="filename" >.tgz</TT > package, use <B CLASS="command" >alien --to-tgz packagename.rpm</B >.</P ><P >You are now ready to install the driver. To install it, use:</P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P ><B CLASS="command" >rpm -i --force /path/to/packagename.rpm</B >, if you are installing the rpm package</P ></LI ><LI ><P ><B CLASS="command" >dpkg -i --force-overwrite /path/to/packagename.deb</B >, if you made a .deb package</P ></LI ><LI ><P ><B CLASS="command" >cd / && tar zxvf /path/to/packagename.tgz</B >, if you made a .tgz package.</P ></LI ></UL ><P >You are now ready to configure the driver. To install it, issue the following commands as root:</P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" > cd /lib/modules/fglr200/build_mod/ ./make.sh cd /lib/modules/fglr200/ ./make_install.sh </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><P >The driver is now ready for use.</P ><DIV CLASS="important" ><P ></P ><TABLE CLASS="important" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="25" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" ><IMG SRC="../images/important.gif" HSPACE="5" ALT="Important"></TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P >The driver will not load unless you tell your Linux system to load it every time at startup. To do this, you must find out where to tell your Linux which modules to load at startup. In Debian, you must add the followng line to <TT CLASS="filename" >/etc/modules</TT >:</P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" > fglr200 </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><P >Add the line to the end of the file. You are now ready to configure XFree86.</P ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><P >XFree86 can be configured in two ways: either by running <B CLASS="command" >fglrxconfig</B > (supplied by the ATI driver), or by editing the <TT CLASS="filename" >XF86Config</TT > file manually.</P ><P >If you choose to run <B CLASS="command" >fglrxconfig</B >, the process is similar to a regular <B CLASS="command" >xf86config</B > run, except for the choice of which screen card driver to use (which will automatically be set to the ATI Radeon driver).</P ><P >If you want to edit the configuration file manually, locate it (usually <TT CLASS="filename" >/etc/X11/XF86Config</TT >), and open it in your favorite editor. Find the place saying <TT CLASS="literal" >Section "Device"</TT >. In this section, there should be a line saying <TT CLASS="literal" >Driver "somedrivername"</TT >. Edit this line so it says <TT CLASS="literal" >Driver "fglr200"</TT > and add the following lines right below that line: </P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" > Option "no_accel" "no" Option "no_dri" "no" Option "overlay" "off" </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><P >Comment out all other lines in the Device section (add a # in front of them). Your device section should now look like this:</P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" > Section "Driver" Identifier "some_identifier" (the identifier is your choice, but if you edit it, make sure you update every reference to it in the config file). 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