Adding modules

John Wendel jwendel10 at comcast.net
Fri Dec 24 18:48:37 UTC 2004


John Heffington wrote:
> Howdy! I found the appropiet 3D driver for my ATI 9800XT, but it won't 
> let me modprobe it in. The module I want to include is called 
> fglrx_dri.so. This would enable 3D for my vidoe card. How do I include 
> this type of module??? Everytime I try, it tells me the module can't be 
> found. ANy ideas?? Thanks!!
> 

Module names don't end in .so, they use .ko.  I don't have an ATI card, 
but I suspect you need to get the complete installer from the ATI 
website and follow its instructions to build the correct module for your 
system. Lots of info on the Web, google is your friend.

Regards,

John




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