3d Acceleration With ATI Cards On openSUSE 10.1

EDIT: Updated to use the newest ATI drivers released on August 18



- First you must have 'kernel-source' and 'compat-expat1' so install it. Assuming you have smart (if not here is a guide):

sudo smart install kernel-source compat-expat1

- Open your terminal and type the following::

x86:
Download ati-driver-installer-8.28.8-x86.run to your Home folder or move it there after it downloads.
Then in the terminal type these 2 lines:

sudo chmod -x ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run
sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run --buildpkg SuSE/SUSE101-IA32

x86_64:
Download ati-driver-installer-8.28.8-x86_64.run to your Home folder or move it there after it downloads.
Then in the terminal type these 2 lines:

sudo chmod -x ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run
sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run --buildpkg SuSE/SUSE101-AMD64

All:
Then install the package that was created: (If upgrading fglrx add the '--replacepkgs' flag)

sudo rpm -Uhv fglrx_6*.rpm

THIS NEXT PART YOU NEED TO WRITE DOWN because we are shutting down x
Do this in the terminal:

su
init 3

Log in as 'root' for the user name when prompted and enter password then:

sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx

(That is the number zero) click the OK button when prompted and then type:

reboot