fglrx

[Dennis Veatch]

>
> Needless to say the 2.6 kernel is 'beta'. You're on your own. I don't
> have the resources to fix this as it requires either the fglrx code to
> be patched/fixed or some other magic. Please note that I do not
> currently run any 2.6-kernel based box as well.
>

Was just tossing it out there to see if anyone had a work around.

> You might try reporting this to ATI yourself.

Done that. No response as yet.


Tried a suggested patch from 
http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33737573, specifically 
the one for 2.6.6-mm2. That's what they recommend even though I am using 
2.6.7-rc3. Well, that patch got me through the first set of build errors but 
at installing the module it cannot find fglrx.2.6.7-rc3-beta.ko. Indeed it 
cannot because the only 2.6.7 module shown in the fglrx build tree is 
fglrx.2.6.7-rc3-beta-SMP.ko. 

So it appears the non-SMP module is not being built. A guess is something to 
do with the fglrx BUILD script. Though I have not been able to deduce the 
logic flaw;

(

  if uname -a | grep -q SMP ; then
    SMP="-SMP"
  fi
  KERNEL_VERSION=$(grep UTS_RELEASE /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h  | 
cut -d'"' -f2)
  if echo $KERNEL_VERSION | grep -q '^2.6' ; then
    MOD_EXT=ko
  else
    MOD_EXT=o
  fi
  KMOD=fglrx.$(uname -r)${SMP}.${MOD_EXT}
  NMOD=fglrx.${MOD_EXT}

  chown -R root:root . &&
  find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; &&

  # hacked together:
  
  #.......added by dveatch...start
  cd $SOURCE_DIRECTORY/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod
  if echo $KERNEL_VERSION | grep -q '^2.6' ; then
  patch -p1 < /var/lib/lunar/moonbase/x11/fglrx/263rc3.patch
  fi
  #.......end 
  
  cd $SOURCE_DIRECTORY/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod &&
  prepare_install &&
  cd $SOURCE_DIRECTORY/lib/modules/fglrx &&
  #sh make_install.sh &&
  set -x &&
  mkdir -p /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/drivers/char/drm &&
  install -m 644 $KMOD /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/drivers/char/drm/$NMOD &&
  cd $SOURCE_DIRECTORY &&
  install -m755 usr/X11R6/bin/fgl* /usr/X11R6/bin/ &&
  install -m644 usr/X11R6/include/X11/extensions/fglrx_gamma.h \
  	/usr/X11R6/include/X11/extensions/fglrx_gamma.h &&
  cp -a usr/X11R6/lib/* /usr/X11R6/lib/ &&
  install usr/include/GL/glxATI.h /usr/include/GL/