Re: ATI driver 8.38.6

On 6/26/07, Alex Kruchkoff <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Good news!
>
> I just downloaded the installer from
>
> http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux64/previous/linux64-r-8-38-6.html
>
> and tried to build packages myself.
> I'm running Scientific Linux 5.0, but built packages for "Fedora/FC6".
> Switched to "telinit 3"; removed old ATI packages and tried to install
> freshly
> built:
>
> Preparing...                ###########################################
> [100%]
>    1:kernel-module-ATI-fglrx########################################### [
> 20%]
> WARNING: Can't read module
> /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.1.6.el5/weak-updates/fglrx/fglrx.ko: No such file or
> directory
>    2:ATI-fglrx              ########################################### [
> 40%]
>    3:ATI-fglrx-IA32-libs    ########################################### [
> 60%]
>    4:ATI-fglrx-devel        ########################################### [
> 80%]
>    5:ATI-fglrx-control-cente###########################################
> [100%]
> alexk@noclue:~/src/ati/sl50
> $ l -l /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.1.6.el5/weak-updates/fglrx/fglrx.ko
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 Jun 19 09:37
> /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.1.6.el5/weak-updates/fglrx/fglrx.ko ->
> /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.1.4.el5/extra/fglrx/fglrx.ko
>
> The problem was that symbolic link
> /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.1.6.el5/weak-updates/fglrx/fglrx.ko
>
> points to the module from the different kernel.
> So I manually removed it and
>
> sudo ln -s /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.1.6.el5/extra/fglrx/fglrx.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.1.6.el5/weak-updates/fglrx/fglrx.ko
>
> Then I copied my backed up xorg.conf back to /etc/X11 and voila:
> run startx and it's working!
>
> The better news is this one:
>
> fglrxinfo
> display: :0.0  screen: 0
> OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
> OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
> OpenGL version string: 2.0.6474 (8.38.6)
>
> :^)
> not MesaGL, that means that I would be able to watch full screen movies on
> my
> laptop [I've got ATI x1600] again!
>
> So, Mattias, if you can find which script builds incorrect symbolic link
> it may
> be working!
>
> BTW with xorg.conf build by ATI packages I could not start X.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
> Quoting Troy Engel <[email protected]>:
>
> > Jose Celestino wrote:
> > >
> > > This is ATI/ADM my friends :)
> >
> > The sad thing is we used to buy ATI gear specifically because it was the
> > best, most well supported hardware under linux. The old Dell
> > 3000/5000/7000 series of laptops with the ATI graphics were the perfect
> > hardware for RedHat 6 & 7 (and even 5.x).
> >
> > -te
> >
> > --
> > Troy Engel | Systems Engineer
> > Fluid, Inc | http://www.fluid.com
> >



fglrx runs fine on rhel 5/clones because xorg-x11-server-Xorg is at version
1.1
fglrx works up to version 1.2.

The problem is Fedora 7 uses version 1.3.