Re: ATI driver install & kernel source error?

[Haralambos Geortgilakis <haralambos@ihug.co.nz>]

Hi all & Nikita,

thanx man, it fixed that problem, by installing the "headers" & then 
pointing make.sh to them, only to produce a new error message....

<snip>
Error:
XFree86 drm includes at 
/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.18-bf2.4/include/../drivers/char/drm do not 
fit this driver.
This driver is designed to only work with X4.1.0 or higher.
You can match this by getting Linux kernel 2.4.8 or higher.
<snip>

Um?

I am using the "dri" stuff, which matches these criteria, methinks?

I might do s search online, to see if some Debianista has repackaged the 
ATI stuff as .deb, so that I am not chasing my or ATI's tail.

Eduard, so far, no feedback from me on the speed of "fgl_glxgears" 
yet.... ;-)

H :-)


Far duller than a serpent's tooth it is to spend a quiet youth.


Eduard Bloch wrote:

> #include <hallo.h>
> * Nikita V. Youshchenko [Fri, Nov 22 2002, 11:15:24AM]:
>
>  
>
> > > kernel includes at /usr/src/linux/include not found or incomplete
> > > file: /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h
> > > haralambos:/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod#
> > > <snip>
> > >      
> > The mentioned file is auto-generated on kernel build.
> > So it is not in kernel-source-*
> > But kernel-headers-* do contain it.
> >
> > Maybe you need to install kernel-headers-xxx and point ATI's script to 
> > /usr/src/kernel-headers/xxx ...
> >    
>
> Yes. Many people set a symlink from
> /usr/src/kernel-headers-<kernel-version>-<debian-version> to /usr/src/linux.
>
> Eg. for the bf2.4 kernel:
>
> apt-get install kernel-headers-2.4.18-bf2.4
> cd /usr/src
> ln -s kernel-headers-2.4.18-bf2.4 linux
>
> But I have wish: could make a small report about the quality of those
> drivers? Things that woke my interest:
>
> - Usage with 3D games (Quake3, UT2003)
> - Usage of the TV output (controlable?) and the second head
> - Usage with Powered-By-ATI but not Built-By-ATI cards
>
> Gruss/Regards,
> Eduard.
>