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Tim M 09-17-2007 07:33 PM
ATI Driver not working after update?
 
After an update, my ATI driver no longer works, I was using the fglrx driver but I had to switch back to vesa after it stopped working after a reboot. Any ideas? It could also have happened when i installed a flight simulator for linux. I am not sure what to do, is there a way to roll back updates?

jay73 09-17-2007 07:38 PM
That may be perfectly normal. Video drivers need to be reinstalled after a kernel update - unless you are using one of the distros that will take care of this for you.

Tim M 09-17-2007 07:42 PM
I dont think it was a kernel update but it did have to do with xorg. That is what caught my attention. And I even went out and redownloaded the driver and still nothing.

jay73 09-17-2007 07:43 PM
Which distribution?

Tim M 09-17-2007 07:45 PM
Debian Etch

jay73 09-17-2007 07:53 PM
You have to uninstall the old driver first, then install the new one.

Tim M 09-17-2007 07:55 PM
i have never actually uninstalled a driver before. Any hints?

Tim M 09-17-2007 08:14 PM
after I uninstalled it, I still get an error when trying to reinstall it.
Code:
Error: ./default_policy.sh does not support version
default:v2:i686:lib::none:2.6.22-2-686; make sure that the version is being
correctly set by --iscurrentdistro

jay73 09-17-2007 08:23 PM
You never installed a driver? Then how is it that you were using the fglrx driver???

Anyway, check synaptic package manager to find out whether there's any fglrx driver available, that would be the easiest. If not, you'll have to do it all yourself, like this:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=14139

Tim M 09-17-2007 08:44 PM
I think I may have found the problem

Error:
kernel includes at /usr/src/linux/include do not match current kernel.
they are versioned as ""
instead of "2.6.22-2-686".
you might need to adjust your symlinks:
- /usr/include
- /usr/src/linux
debian:/usr/src/modules/fglrx#

How do I fix that?

angryfirelord 09-17-2007 08:53 PM
Hmm, try

Code:
m-a a-i fglrx

Tim M 09-17-2007 08:59 PM
well that seems to have done what it was supposed to do
what else should i do?

jay73 09-17-2007 09:09 PM
Are you sure that you have kernel headers/source installed?

Tim M 09-17-2007 09:24 PM
I am so lost and confused right now.
I'm not sure what the headers/source is.

rickh 09-17-2007 09:40 PM
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=17776


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