Issue installing FGLRX for ATI Radeon Xpress 200m under Slackware 10.2

DragonRider · 04-21-2006, 10:57 AM

Distrobution: Slackware 10.2
Kernel Version: 2.6.16, Direct for kernel.org custom compile
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Model: HP Pavilion ze2000
Insteresting Hardware:
Processor: Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3300+
Memory: 1024MB DDR (2x 512MB)
CD-ROM: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4082N
VGA: ATI Technologies Inc ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M
WLAN0: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)[using ndiswrapper]
ETH0: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
USB: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller

Problem: Getting Excelerated X Support with MOBILE ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M

Having successfully configured all other hardware to maximum performance on my laptop i now turn my attention to getting accelerated X support from my graphics card.

After some googling i determine that the apparent easiest path to take is to use the proprietary ATI driver (FGLRX).

I locate a seemingly applicable how-to relevant to my specific hardware and distribution at Linux on Laptops

running the make.sh script as decribed in affore mentioned how-to i run into some warnings but no fatal errors. (Read the log)

Slightly concerned but determined none the less i procede with the make_install.sh command. i recieve a fatal error regarding inserting the module into my running kernel.

Foolishly i press on with the ati drivers install *.run script while still running X as my default runlevel and recieve fatal instalation errors. unfortunately i was unable to procure a copy of the process log as the software kindly deleted it after exiting and promptly crashed my system.

Being unable to restart and get to a workable command prompt i manage to SSH into the box and uninstall the driver which thankfully restored my system to working order.

Can anyone help me to either a) fix my problem with this method, or b) suggest a different, better method of obtaining accelerated X support with my hardware?

Many thanks,
DragonRider@DarkStarAnime.com

Included/linked are all logs and information i felt might be relevant to solving my problem. more information is available by request.

kernel 2.6.16 .config file:
Located at: http://www.darkstaranime.com/kernel_2.6.16_config

`/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/make.sh` build log:
Located at : http://www.darkstaranime.com/make.sh_build_log

`/lib/modules/fglrx/make_install.sh` output

Code:

- creating symlink
- recreating module dependency list
- trying a sample load of the kernel modules
FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/2.6.16ver1/kernel/drivers/char/drm/fglrx.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
failed.

Relevant `dmesg` output

Code:

fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_unregister
fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_get_request
fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_put
fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_register
fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_unregister
fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_get_request
fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_put
fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_register
fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_unregister
fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_get_request
fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_put
fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_register
fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_unregister
fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_get_request
fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_put
fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_register

Relevant `lspci -vv` output

Code:

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 3091
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 66 (2000ns min), cache line size 08
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
        Region 0: Memory at c8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Region 1: I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
        Region 2: Memory at c0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Expansion ROM at c0120000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

other information available upon request

langsuyar13 · 05-17-2006, 02:45 PM

Now I don't know if this is the greatest idea or not, but I got the fglrx 8.24.8 drivers to work under kernel 2.6.16.16 (I was originally experiencing the same problem as you).

After snooping around it looks like the inter-module functions were taken out of the kernel build due to being deprecated, this seems to have been happened at v2.6.16. The ATI modules use these functions, so I looked around for a way to enable these functions anyway. I found what should be an config option, CONFIG_OBSOLETE_INTERMODULE, but I can't find any way to turn that on. So here's what I did.

I assume they removed the files for a reason, so this may or may not make your system unstable. I haven't had any [unusual] problems yet.

Go to your kernel source directory, let's assume /usr/src/linux.

Then edit the file kernel/Makefile

At the top of the file you'll see

obj-y = huge list of files

You need to add intermodule.o to that list of files. Then for cleanliness you probably want to comment out the line that says

Code:

obj-$(CONFIG_OBSOLETE_INTERMODULE) += intermodule.o

by adding a # at the beggining, like so:

Code:

# obj-$(CONFIG_OBSOLETE_INTERMODULE) += intermodule.o

This forces the intermodule functions the drivers require to be put into the kernel. Now make your kernel and install it, reinstall your ATI drivers, and you should have working acceleration... at least for now.

<3 ati