Re: ATI Problem

[alex <alex@asyring.homeip.net>]

Ok I have solved the problem
the ATI driver doesn't ruin with 2.6.11
now im running 2.6.10-smp-amd64 kernel and no problems
 
Am Dienstag, 8. März 2005 21:05 schrieb Alex Perry:
> alex wrote:
> > I have installed the fglrx alien packet but i can't compile the module
> > sh make.sh
> > make.sh: line 52: [: 3: unary operator expected
>
> That's a bad sign.
> I normally use bash rather than sh.  While the two names refer to the
> same binary, the program does behave differently based on invocation.
>
> > make[1]: Gehe in Verzeichnis »/usr/src/linux-2.6.11«
>
> I'm using 2.6.10 ... someone else mentioned that you have to apply a
> patch to the ATI shim in order to get it to work for 2.6.11 kernel.
>
> > /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:1673: error: structure
> > has no member named `pud'
>
> I'd give up and fix above problems before continuing.
>
> > P.S. i have a smp kernel runs the ati driver on a smp-system?
>
> Only one of y SMP machine has an ATI card in it.  The startup of the
> server is unreliable in that I suspect they have some register
> configuration stuff that has a race condition in it.  Switching virtual
> terminals to text and back to graphics usually clears the visual errors.
>   Repeating the switching over a couple of times always has so far.
>
> Once the server is up, everything seems to run normally.