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Chapter 3, Software installation, 1 overview – Tech Source Raptor DL-Lite Drivers for Linux User Manual

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Chapter 3

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

3.1 Overview


This installation chapter describes how to install and configure
the drivers for the Raptor DL-Lite card.

3.2 Requirements


The following are prerequisites for installing the Raptor DL-Lite
Drivers for Linux Software:

• At least 2MB of disk space available in

/

(root directory)

and

/usr

for drivers.

• A Raptor card is presently installed in the workstation/server

(See Chapter 2 for instructions on installing a Raptor
graphics card).

• Linux kernel v2.2.x or v2.4.x installed
• XFree86 (v4.0 or later) installed and configured for the

current console graphics card

• RPM (v3.0 or later) packaging tools for installing the

package


The device driver and the DDX module for Linux and XFree86
are loadable. No kernel changes or X server rebuilds are
required.