Slackware 12.1 and ATI Drivers
Today I've installed Slackware 12.1 instead of 12.0 which I had :)
But I've got a problem with the ati drivers, downloaded from : http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/l...ux-radeon.html Code:
root@Zukmeister:/home/zuki/Desktop# ./ati-driver-installer-8-4-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Slackware/All I've Googled it and found out that it happened to other people as-well but havn't seen a working solution. Thanks for your help! |
what kernel are you running? It is using the none smp "/lib/modules". I'm gonna assume you are using the non-smp? I built it using the generic-smp kernel and it works without any problems. If you are using the non-smp you will have to /extra on the dvd/cd and install/patch the kernel source. I don't imagine you are using that kernel on purpose, but that is what I am assuming.
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I did in-fact installed the huge.s kernel.
Is there a nice way to use the other kernels with the pkgtool, I wouldn't have asked it unless Code:
root@Zukmeister:/mnt/dvd# for i in $(find /mnt/dvd/ -iname *.tgz -print | grep -i kernel | grep -i smp); do upgradepkg --dry-run $i; done |
It looks like the generic-smp kernel is already installed. Check /boot to see if there exists vmlinuz-generic-smp-2.6.24.5-smp and System.map-generic-smp-2.6.24.5-smp. If they do exist, add a stanza in /etc/lilo.conf such as the following (change /dev/sda1 to point to your Slackware root partition):
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image = /boot/vmlinuz-generic-smp-2.6.24.5-smp |
Slackware 12.1 and ATI Drivers
T3slider had it exactly right. Once I switched to the smp kernel, the driver installed
with no problems. If you read the referenced file (/extra/linux-2.6.24.5-nosmp-sdk/README.TXT) you will see that the smp kernels are recommended. And if you want to stay with your non-smp kernel there is a script to run (patch-to-non-smp.sh) in /extra to convert your kernel sources. |
Btw, there are ATI slackBuilds out now at slackBuilds.org.
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kudos on the Slackbuild ATI Packages!
I will have to give them a shot on the next box I setup. |
You also seem to be installing a 64-bit driver on a 32-bit OS:
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ati-driver-installer-8-4-x86.x86_64.run |
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Shame my x1600 is still only on par with an nVidia fx5500, but that's another story :). |
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