[SOLVED] Problem installing fglrx drivers on Slackware 14.1

Brosch91 · 11-14-2013, 06:00 PM

The fglrx drivers worked fine back in Slackware 14.0, but now in 14.1 it fails because it says I need kernel headers. I've never had this problem before and I don't know where to get the headers? Are they on my disc or something? Thanks in advance for the help!

Here's the fglrx-install.log if it helps:

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Check if system has the tools required for installation.
fglrx installation requires that the system have kernel headers. /lib/modules/3.10.17/build/include/linux/version.h cannot be found on this system.
One or more tools required for installation cannot be found on the system. Install the required tools before installing the fglrx driver.
Optionally, run the installer with --force option to install without the tools.
Forcing install will disable AMD hardware acceleration and may make your system unstable. Not recommended.

ReaperX7 · 11-14-2013, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Brosch91

The fglrx drivers worked fine back in Slackware 14.0, but now in 14.1 it fails because it says I need kernel headers. I've never had this problem before and I don't know where to get the headers? Are they on my disc or something? Thanks in advance for the help!

Here's the fglrx-install.log if it helps:

Please use the search function prior to posting as topics on this already exist.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-a-4175484253/

Brosch91 · 11-14-2013, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ReaperX7

Please use the search function prior to posting as topics on this already exist.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-a-4175484253/

Still not working even after I tried linking the files like Matt did. This is the error log I got after trying to install the fglrx drivers. If it helps at all, my laptop has an ATI Radeon 4250. Maybe it's age is an issue?

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Check if system has the tools required for installation.
Uninstalling any previously installed drivers.
Unloading radeon module...
rmmod: ERROR: Module radeon is in use
Unloading drm module...
rmmod: ERROR: Module drm is in use by: ttm drm_kms_helper radeon
[Message] Kernel Module : Trying to install a precompiled kernel module.
[Message] Kernel Module : Precompiled kernel module version mismatched.
[Message] Kernel Module : Found kernel module build environment, generating kernel module now.
AMD kernel module generator version 2.1
doing Makefile based build for kernel 2.6.x and higher
rm -rf *.c *.h *.o *.ko *.a .??* *.symvers
make -C /lib/modules/3.10.17/build SUBDIRS=/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.10.17'
CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o
In file included from /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:464:0:
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/drm_proc.h: In function 'FGLDRM_proc_init':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/drm_proc.h:98:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'create_proc_entry' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
if (!minor) root = create_proc_entry("dri", S_IFDIR, NULL);
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/drm_proc.h:98:19: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
if (!minor) root = create_proc_entry("dri", S_IFDIR, NULL);
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/drm_proc.h:105:12: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
*dev_root = create_proc_entry(name, S_IFDIR, root);
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/drm_proc.h:112:7: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
ent = create_proc_entry(DRM(proc_list)[i].name,
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/drm_proc.h:124:6: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
ent->read_proc = DRM(proc_list)[i].f;
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/drm_proc.h:125:6: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
ent->data = dev;
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function 'firegl_proc_init':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:586:14: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
root = create_proc_entry("ati", S_IFDIR, NULL);
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:598:13: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
ent = create_proc_entry("major", S_IFREG|S_IRUGO, root);
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:605:12: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
ent->read_proc = (read_proc_t*)firegl_major_proc_read;
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:605:27: error: 'read_proc_t' undeclared (first use in this function)
ent->read_proc = (read_proc_t*)firegl_major_proc_read;
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:605:27: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:605:39: error: expected expression before ')' token
ent->read_proc = (read_proc_t*)firegl_major_proc_read;
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:609:15: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
*dev_root = create_proc_entry(name, S_IFDIR, root);
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:619:13: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
ent = create_proc_entry(list->name, S_IFREG|S_IRUGO, *dev_root);
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:639:16: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
ent->read_proc = (read_proc_t*)list->f;
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:639:43: error: expected expression before ')' token
ent->read_proc = (read_proc_t*)list->f;
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:644:16: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
ent->proc_fops = (struct file_operations*)list->fops;
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:648:16: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
ent->data = (dev->pubdev.signature == FGL_DEVICE_SIGNATURE)? firegl_find_device(minor) : (dev);
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:657:13: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
ent = create_proc_entry("debug", S_IFREG|S_IRUGO, root);
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:660:16: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
ent->read_proc = (read_proc_t*)firegl_debug_proc_read_wrap;
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:660:43: error: expected expression before ')' token
ent->read_proc = (read_proc_t*)firegl_debug_proc_read_wrap;
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:661:16: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
ent->write_proc = (write_proc_t*)firegl_debug_proc_write_wrap;
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:661:32: error: 'write_proc_t' undeclared (first use in this function)
ent->write_proc = (write_proc_t*)firegl_debug_proc_write_wrap;
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:661:45: error: expected expression before ')' token
ent->write_proc = (write_proc_t*)firegl_debug_proc_write_wrap;
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:662:16: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
ent->data = dev;
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function 'KCL_MEM_AllocLinearAddrInterval':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2152:5: error: implicit declaration of function 'do_mmap' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
vaddr = (void *) do_mmap(file, 0, len, prot, flags, pgoff);
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2152:13: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
vaddr = (void *) do_mmap(file, 0, len, prot, flags, pgoff);
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function 'KCL_MEM_VM_MapRegion':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3700:39: error: 'VM_RESERVED' undeclared (first use in this function)
vma->vm_flags |= VM_SHM | VM_RESERVED; /* Don't swap */
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: At top level:
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:511:16: warning: 'firegl_debug_proc_read_wrap' defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
READ_PROC_WRAP(firegl_debug_proc_read)
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:496:12: note: in definition of macro 'READ_PROC_WRAP'
static int func##_wrap(char *buf, char **start, kcl_off_t offset, \
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:516:12: warning: 'firegl_debug_proc_write_wrap' defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
static int firegl_debug_proc_write_wrap(void* file, const char *buffer, unsigned long count, void *data)
^
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:534:12: warning: 'firegl_major_proc_read' defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
static int firegl_major_proc_read(char *buf, char **start, kcl_off_t offset,
^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[2]: *** [/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.10.17'
make: *** [kmod_build] Error 2
build failed with return value 2
[Error] Kernel Module : Failed to compile kernel module - please consult readme.
[Reboot] Kernel Module : mkinitrd

Brosch91 · 11-14-2013, 10:49 PM

I've decided to start using the open source radeon driver in Slackware 14.1 It seems to perform just as good, if not better than fglrx did for me back in 14.0. So I guess this topic is now solved...in a way

Thanks for the help anyways Reaper! But I just don't think it's worth screwing around with fglrx when the open source radeon driver works fine...it even runs Compiz without any issues!