Ok, here's when I'm up to.
I've downloaded the ATI driver, which is in an rpm package, onto a WinXP system then burnt the file to CD. I copied this file to /root/tmp (have SU permissions; file is named atidriver.rpm) using the Konqueror interface in X, then tried to run the rpm package from the command terminal. As per ATI documentation, I ran the command (whilst in the /root/tmp directory):
rpm -i --force <atidriver.rpm>.rpm and get the msg "No packages available" or something along those lines.
Also tried:
rpm -Uhv --force <atidriver.rpm>.rpm and rpm -i --force <atidriver>.rpm
Anyway, went back into Konqueror interface and was able to run the rpm package by double clicking on it. I then got a msg about "dependencies" or something like that (cancelled unpacking rpm). This issue is mentioned in the ATI documentation, and apparently the use of the --force overcomes this problem. But, as mentioned earlier, I cant get this command to run??
I guess the moral to the story is that I need to run the rpm package with the --force switch as indicated by ATI, but must be doing something wrong. Since the rpm can be unpacked by double clicking the icon in Konqueror interface, I guess this means that there is no problem with the package itself. Its all me and my fuzzy brain.
Could you offer a dumbass any help guys??? :)
Cheers,
Graham Buchanan