How To Install ATI Catalyst Drivers In Fedora 16

Execute the following series of commands:

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1. [Wani@Dell ~]$ su # First, Become Root
2. [root@Dell Wani] yum reinstall mesa-libGL #  Clean: IF you previously installed this driver using the binary package provided by AMD-ATI, you must un-install it, then repair Mesa
3. [root@Dell Wani] yum update kernel # Update kernel
4. [root@Dell Wani] yum --nogpgcheck install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm # Install the rpmfusion driver Using akmod
5. [root@Dell Wani] yum install akmod-catalyst xorg-x11-drv-catalyst xorg-x11-drv-catalyst-libs.i686
6. [root@Dell Wani] mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r)-radeon.img # Make sure radeon is removed from initramfs
7. [root@Dell Wani] dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)
8. [root@Dell Wani] aticonfig --initial
9. [root@Dell Wani] echo "blacklist radeon" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
10. [root@Dell Wani] echo "GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024x32
11. GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD=keep
12. GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1280x1024x32" >> /etc/default/grub
13. [root@Dell Wani] grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
14. [root@Dell Wani] reboot

If you get any of the following error(s) while booting:

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1. Failed to start LSB: Init script for TCSD.
2.          See 'systemctl status tcsd.service' for details.
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4. Failed to start LSB: Starts and stops login and scan...iSCSI devices..
5.          See 'systemctl status iscsi.service' for details.
6.  
7. Failed to start LSB: Builds and install new kmods from akmod packages
8.          See 'systemctl status akmods.service' for details

Then you should type:

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1. $ systemctl disable tcsd.service
2. $ systemctl disable iscsi.service
3. $ systemctl disable akmods.service

If you are ever stuck at the start-up screen at "Starting Display Manager":

It means that either you have installed the wrong packages or fiddled wrongly with config files. In order to correct this, you have to re-install the drivers. But in order to do so, you'll need to either boot into recovery mode or at the boot screen press 'e' and type 3 at the end of rhgb quiet and press 'b' to boot. Then plugin your ethernet cable and re-install the drivers.