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fglrx on Slackware 13

Hi,

I am trying to install the ATi drivers on my freshly built Slack 13 box.

I have compiled my own 2.6.31 and 2.6.33.1 kernels but both have given me errors.

Under 2.6.31 the drivers fail to compile. After checking dmesg, found an error messages regarding "find_task_by_vpid". Apparently the ATi drivers don't build against that kernel.

So I compiled 2.6.33.1 using the following:

Code:

make

cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.33.1

ln -sf /boot/System.map-2.6.33.1 /boot/System.map

make modules_install

cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.1

nano /etc/lilo.conf

mkinitrd -k 2.6.33.1 -m ext4:ehci_hcd:uhci_hcd:usbhid -f ext4 -r /dev/cryptvg/root -C /dev/sda2 -L

lilo

These steps always work beautifully.

However now I get the following error when trying to install the ATi 9.8 drivers:

Code:

Error:

kernel includes at /lib/modules/2.6.33.1/build/include do not match current kernel.

they are versioned as ""

you might need to adjust your symlinks:

- /usr/include

- /usr/src/linux

ERROR: i don't have make module

I've never had problems compiling a kernel before.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I might have gone wrong? Or better still, how to compile the fglrx driver for Slackware 13?

Many thanks,

~Mark

Fglrx have some problems with kernel 2.6.33. You have to apply patch ...

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. Do you know where I can find the patch?

~Mark

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...urrent-796669/

Here you can find patch and info for runing fglrx on current ...
Later today I'll try it on my x32 and I'll post comments ...

Alas, this did not work :-(

All seemed to be going well, but now I get an error saying:

Code:

ld: Relocatable linking with relocations from format elf64-x86-64 (/tmp/fglrx-installer-8.721/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/libfglrx_ip.a.GCC4) to format elf32-i386 (/tmp/fglrx-installer-8.721/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/fglrx.o) is not supported

make[1]: *** [/tmp/fglrx-installer-8.721/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/fglrx.o] Error 1

make: *** [_module_/tmpfglrx-installer-8.721/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/] Error 2

make: Leaving directory '/root/linux-2.6.33.1'

I'm thinking that it doesn't like 32-bit.

I'm now going to cry :-(

~Mark

Ok, maybe a slight schoolboy error there on my part.

The package is created, and I install it and everything looks fine. I don't have dual-head, but that is my next thing.

glxgears reports 357 fps... which is pretty lame compared to what it used to be.

I'm not using an xorg.conf, so I need to read-up on how that works.

You need to create an xorg.conf file in order to use fglrx. You can create one with 'Xorg -configure' and then edit the file that is generated so that it uses the 'fglrx' driver instead of the 'radeon' driver.

Hi Adam,

That isn't an issue - I have the old one from my Slackware 12.2 system. It's configured nicely and uses dual-head.

The issue is getting the fglrx driver to compile... it's having none of it :-(

~Mark

I thought you said:

Quote:

The package is created, and I install it and everything looks fine.

It should definitely compile against 2.6.31 (and 2.6.32) though I do believe that 2.6.33 still requires patching.

So maybe you should clarify exactly what you've done, exactly what kernel you are using, and exactly what problem you are having.

EDIT: Also, where did you get the version you are using? As far as I know, that version hasn't been officially released and is geared towards users with X server 1.7.*. I have my doubts that it would work on one of the 1.6.* X servers.

Adam

Hi Adam,

I am using ATI driver versions 9.3, 9.5 and 9.8. If I remember correctly, ATI released all of the above, but then rolled back to 9.3. This now is the only version available.

I tried to compile against kernel 2.6.31, but it failed and reported "find_task_by_vpid" errors in dmesg.

I then compiled kernel 2.6.33.1, and tried to build the ATI drivers against that. This too failed with the following error:

Code:

Error:

kernel includes at /lib/modules/2.6.33.1/build/include do not match current kernel.

they are versioned as ""

Then I followed the article given to me by Lucifer4o. Like I mentioned, the package builds and installs, but if I run lsmod I see no mention of fglrx, and glxgears runs like a 3-legged dog in treacle.

Even if I do get it to work, I'm at a loss with how to configure my dual monitors without an xorg.conf file. But I'm guessing this must be configured some other way and that I just need to RTFM / STFW.

Many thanks,

~Mark

Catalyst is up to 10.2, not 9.3.

Are you using a non-HD card? If so, you need to use the open source drivers with Slackware 13.0.

Yes it's a non-HD card. I'm using an X1900.

Thank you. I will give them a try.