Grr.. ATI are a pain in the arse... and I've run out of ideas.
Here's what's happening..
As the fglrx installer now supports (well supposed to) Xorg 7 & FC5 I thought I'd give the new drivers a go.
Running the installer all looks good to start with but bringing up the install log shows this;
Code:
[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.
ATI module generator V 2.0
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initializing...
cleaning...
patching 'highmem.h'...
assuming new VMA API since we do have kernel 2.6.x...
Assuming default VMAP API
doing Makefile based build for kernel 2.6.x and higher
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2157_FC5/build SUBDIRS=/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.17-1.2157_FC5-i686'
CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘firegl_stub_open’:
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:559: warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type
/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:2230: warning: ‘deferred_flush’ defined but not used
LD [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/fglrx.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST
WARNING: could not find /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/.libfglrx_ip.a.GCC4.cmd for /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/libfglrx_ip.a.GCC4
CC /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/fglrx.mod.o
LD [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/fglrx.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.17-1.2157_FC5-i686'
build succeeded with return value 0
duplicating results into driver repository...
done.
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- recreating module dependency list
- trying a sample load of the kernel modules
failed.
[Error] Kernel Module : Failed to install compiled kernel module - please consult readme.
So I though I'd be best creating a package instead
but... running,
Code:
./ati-driver-installer-8.27.10-x86.run --buildpkg Fedora/FC5
...spits back
Code:
Creating directory fglrx-install
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.27.10......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
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Generating package: Fedora/FC5
Package build failed!
Package build utility output:
./packages/Fedora/ati-packager.sh: line 295: rpmbuild: command not found
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install
So looks like I'll be best sticking with the DRI driver (for some reason they are quicker than the livna ones but these obviously support less OpenGL features)...
UNLESS one bright spark can help me out.
Anyone else having this problem?
Anyone solved it?
