Re: Driver for Radeon x300 series, ATI technologies
Considering the "attempt to overide" message, put this
into /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg :
force-overwrite
(you might not have an /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg file; if you don't, as root
just type in: echo force-overwrite > /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg)
Some might argue that force-overwrite *might* be dangerous as it won't
allow interaction before overwritting some config files, but I've been
using that option for a long time now (many months) without any
problems.
Concerning why you get this (as I did not...) there might be an issue
with OpenGL that I'm not aware of. I'd suggest you either wait for
another answer here or google some more. I think there might be sometime
about which openGL libraries are available on debian and which ones you
shouldn't use. I'm really not sure, I came across that awhile back and
read it diagonally, sort of :) Someone here might be able to help you
out a bit more.
Still, I gave part of the answer; I suggest putting the force-overwrite
directive in /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg as it might also help you on other
packages installing.
-- Jeff
On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 16:14 +0100, Robinson, Peter wrote:
> Dear Debianers,
>
> I am in the process of installing a Debain Sarge system onto a new Dell computer (dimension 8400). I have managed to get a base system installed with a 2.6.9 kernel, but I am having difficulties getting X to start. I have tried two different drivers (and needless to say, I have not found the answer in Google)
>
> 1) At the moment, I have indicated the "vesa" driver in the "Device" section of XF86Config-4. When I enter startx (or gdm), I get the message
>
> X:warning; process set to priority -1 instead of requesting prioirtiy 0
> _XSERVTransSocketOpen: socket() failed for local
> (...)
>
> Fatal server error: Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server^isnt already running (this is not the case according to ps aux)
>
> xinit: Address family not supported by protocol (errno 97): unable to connect to X server.
>
> 2) I also tried to use the new driver provided by ATI
> http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_3.14.1.html
> But this driver is provided only as rpm.
> So, I did "alien fglrx-4.3.0-3.14.6.i386.rpm"
> When I then tried to do
> dpkg -i xxx.deb
> I got the message (translated from German)
> "Error in processing of fglrx_4.3.0-4.14_i386.deb (--install): attempt to overwrite /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2, which is in the package xlibmesa-gl"
>
> Does anyone have any ideas as to how to get this graphic card to work and which driver would be best suited?
>
> Thanks
> Peter
>
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