Like many people, I had no problem getting Suse 9.1 up and running. Everything went perfectly smooth except grfx acceleration....

Now I noticed on various forms (linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=177454) that many people are having problems, especially:

FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/2.6.4-52-default/kernel/drivers/char/drm/fglrx.ko): Bad address

after doing a 'modprobe fglrx'. However, I get something else...
I've been following exactly these steps:
blahserver.greatnow.com/atihowto.html

and I get:
linux:/home/slouis # modprobe fglrx
FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/2.6.4-52-default/kernel/drivers/char/drm/fglrx.ko): Invalid module format

It's driving me nuts! Does anyone have any idea why I'm getting an invalid module format error, and how to fix it? I greatly appreciate anyone's help!

-Stephan

Looking at the HOW-TO you're using, it looks generally correct (I've installed ATI drivers for my AIW 9800SE under Mandrake, Slackware and Gentoo).

Interestingly, though... I was not able to install these drivers under SuSE 9.0, and the reasons may have been the same.

First of all, you are running the 2.6.4-52 kernel, as shown by uname -r, and that is the same version of the kernel-source that /usr/src/linux is linked to?

Second of all, did you edit your kernel configuration as specified, install the recompiled kernel and boot to it before attempting to install the drivers? That's the only error I see in this HOW-TO; if you recompile the kernel, you have to boot to it before trying to do something that involves it.

Third of all, did you get any errors when you built the module using cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod, sh make.sh, or installed it using cd /lib/modules/fglrx, sh make_install.sh? It seems odd that you would be unable to insert a module if it compiled and installed without error.

Hope this helps to begin to track down the problem.

Hi,

I had the bad address problem and it's solved now. What chipset is used on your mobo?
Because if youre on a VIA KT-xxx chipset the whole kernel compiling should be skipped
and you should use the internal AGP module (the one of the driver).

Take a look at http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthre...eadid=33756410
for further info

Alright, it works!! The problem was I didn't reload the kernel after compiling it... *sigh*

Whoever wrote those instructions should add between steps 11 and 12 to edit lilo/grub to add the new kernel into the menu screen. And finally to reboot into the updated kernel.

In any case, it works perfect. Thanks a lot for the help! I finally decided to make the Linux switch, wish me luck!
-stephan out

Congratulations, and good luck!

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Email him or her and tell him or her to update the HOW-TO. That's what we do here in the Linux community of which you are now a member .