Re: ati's fglrx 8.25.18 and sid
On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:17:43 +0100
Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> wrote:
> On 23 Jun 2006, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> > On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:35:45 +0200
> > Nicoco Kinlidex <nicoco@nospam.net> wrote:
> >
> > > hello,
> > >
> > > i am trying to get latest ati's driver working under debian sid.
> > > i downloaded them from ati's website as debian repository only
> > > offers 8.24.8 (which are working)
> > > i created debian packages from the .run file, installed
> > > fglrx-driver, fglrx-kernel-src, ran module-assistant.
> > >
> > > $ dmesg
> > > (...)
> > > [fglrx] module loaded - fglrx 8.25.18 [May 18 2006] on minor 0
> > > (...)
> > >
> > > Xorg.0.log :
> > > (...)
> > > (II) fglrx(0): DRI initialization successfull!
> > > (...)
> > > (II) fglrx(0): [DRI] installation complete
> > > (II) fglrx(0): Direct rendering enabled
> > > (...)
> > >
> > > as you see, everything looks fine except :
> > > $ fglrxinfo
> > > display: :0.0 screen: 0
> > > OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
> > > OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
> > > OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.4.1)
> > >
> > > so I got back to 8.24.8 and everything works fine, EXCEPT google
> > > earth, which was the reason of my trying to install this new
> > > version of fglrx.
> > >
> > > has anyone got them working or have an idea ?
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > --
> > > Nicoco
> > >
> > >
> >
> > See the thread "xorg 7 and ATI proprietary driver (fglrx)" from 19
> > June for some clues.
> >
> > --
> >
>
> That thread suggests installing fglrx-driver and fglrx-kernel-src and
> then building with module-assistant. I tried that but module-assistant
> refused to build fglrx-kernel-src, on the grounds that the appropriate
> kernel headers are not installed.
>
> It asked for linux-headers-2.6.16-1-686 but only 2.6.16-2-686 is
> available. I installed that but it didn't accept it.
>
> Anthony
>
Yes, the kernel headers must match the running kernel. So you can either
upgrade your kernel to 2.6.16-2-686, or obtain
linux-headers-2.6.16-1-686 from http://snapshot.debian.net.
--
Liam
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