Re: AMD Graphics on Debian 7.4
On Sunday 13 April 2014 03:28:42 ray wrote:
> > > ****Error: unsupported architecture:****
> >
> > I haven't been reading this properly. Sorry. :-( Are your
> > distro,
> >
> > your driver and your CPU all the same architecture?
>
> Yes, from the dpkg --print-architecture --> amd64, the CPU is an
> Intel i7-3930K, and the Catalyst package is
> amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.run.
>
> >It is complaining about the architecture, not the distro version.
> >
> > Have you got multiarch installed?
>
> Not that I know of. So I did the following:
>
> # dpkg --print-architecture
> amd64
>
> # dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
> # dpkg --add-architecture i386
> # dpkg --print-architecture
> amd64
>
> # dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
> i386
>
> apt-get update
> Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy Release.gpg
> ...<snip>
> Fetched 6,647 kB in 18s (357 kB/s)
> Reading package lists... Done
>
>
> Then:
>
> # sh ./amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg
> Debian/stable Created directory fglrx-install.hrcfIz
> Verifying archive integrity... All good.
> Uncompressing AMD Catalyst(TM) Proprietary Driver-13.251.......
> ...
> Generating package: Debian/stable
> ./packages/Debian/ati-packager.sh: 1:
> ./packages/Debian/ati-packager.sh: dpkg-architecture: not found
> Error: unsupported architecture:
> Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.hrcfIz
>
> I have looked but can't find what 'dpkg-architecture: not found'
> means, none the less, how to address it.
Would it be worth just trying installing multiarch? With one of the
apt family. (I use aptitude). I agree that it is not obviously
needed, but it is apparently not there, and the problem now is
something to do with the architecture.
Lisi
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