Hi, I'm having trouble installing the ati drivers for my mandriva 2006.0 install.

I have recompiled the kernel and made sure the agpgart for my nVidia chipset is a module and have disabled DRI support.

Also I have set the processor to athlon/duron K7

After trying many different versions of the driver, I am currently trying the plf package.

Here for your info are the messages.......

[root@GlennsPref /]# cd /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586/ati
[root@GlennsPref ati]# urpmi *.rpm
The following packages have to be removed for others to be upgraded:
ati-devel-8.24.8-1mdk.i586 (due to unsatisfied ati == 8.24.8-1mdk) (y/N) y
To satisfy dependencies, the following 4 packages are going to be installed (28 MB):
ati-xorg-8.24.8-0.1.20060plf.i586
ati-xorg-devel-8.24.8-0.1.20060plf.i586
dkms-2.0.5.9-3mdk.noarch
dkms-ati-8.24.8-0.1.20060plf.i586
Is this OK? (Y/n) y

installing dkms-ati-8.24.8-0.1.20060plf.i586.rpm /var/ftp/pub/Mandriva_2006.0/media3/main3/dkms-2.0.5.9-3mdk.noarch.rpm ati-xorg-8.24.8-0.1.20060plf.i586.rpm ati-xorg-devel-8.24.8-0.1.20060plf.i586.rpm
removing ati-devel-8.24.8-1mdk.i586
Preparing... #############################################
1/4: dkms #############################################
warning: /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ati.conf saved as /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ati.conf.rpmsave
2/4: ati-xorg warning: /etc/fglrxprofiles.csv created as /etc/fglrxprofiles.csv.rpmnew
warning: /etc/fglrxrc created as /etc/fglrxrc.rpmnew
#############################################
3/4: dkms-ati #############################################

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/ati/8.24.8-0.1.20060plf/source ->
/usr/src/ati-8.24.8-0.1.20060plf

DKMS: add Completed.

Preparing kernel 2.6.17-rc3.18mdk for module build:
(This is not compiling a kernel, only just preparing kernel symbols)
Storing current .config to be restored when complete
Running Mandrakelinux style preparation routine
make clean.....
using /lib/modules/2.6.17-rc3.18mdk/build/arch/i386/defconfig
make oldconfig.....
running dkms_mkkerneldoth....

Building module:
cleaning build area...
KERNEL_PATH=/lib/modules/2.6.17-rc3.18mdk/build uname_r=2.6.17-rc3.18mdk sh make.sh.....(bad exit status: 1)

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.17-rc3.18mdk (i586)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/ati/8.24.8-0.1.20060plf/build/ for more information.

Error! Could not locate fglrx.ko.gz for module ati in the DKMS tree.
You must run a dkms build for kernel 2.6.17-rc3.18mdk (i586) first.
4/4: ati-xorg-devel #############################################
[root@GlennsPref ati]#


Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

I never installed ATI drivers but where does this kernel (2.6.17-rc3.18mdk) came from?

How about using the stable kernel?
If you are using cooker or cooker mixed with the stable (even worse than using only cooker) you should prepare for more problems.

OK, got that.

I should have realised.