ATI Driver not working after update?

Tim M · 09-17-2007, 07:33 PM

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