Radeon HD 4870 Drivers

[harley51]

Does Mageia 2 64 Bit have drivers for Radeon HD 4870 Video card. If so where are they located.

[digigold]

I have a Radeon HD Mobility 4250. Easiest way to get everything is the following:

1- Open rpmdrak
2- Options => Media Sources
3- Add the non-free & tainted repos (Can't remember which one is needed)
4- Search for fglrx
5- Install (During the install fglrx will be installed on the active kernel via depmod.
6- Open MCC
7- Open display module
8- Proceed as normal, but when MCC asks if you wish to use non-free drivers be sure to say yes.

*NOTE: If the mentioned repos are already enabled I believe MCC will d/l & install the necessary software automaticaly.

Once installed fglrx works great, at least with my Radeon. After a reboot etc, you can start using composite functions or install compiz etc.

[doktor5000]

Or look in the wiki: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Setup_the_graphical_server