problem emerging ati-divers

fsudler · n00b Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 11

When I do emerge ati-drivers I get the following error.

nixnut · Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:48 pm Post subject:

Can you post some more lines of the error output? There might be another error leading to the one you posted.
Output of emerge --info might come in handy too.
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jedioetzi · Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:18 pm Post subject:

I suppose that the problem is the following:

>>> Emerging (1 of 1) x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.27.10-r1 to /
* ati-driver-installer-8.27.10-x86.run MD5 ;-)

... [ ok ] * ati-driver-installer-8.27.10-x86.run RMD160 ;-)

... [ ok ] * ati-driver-installer-8.27.10-x86.run SHA1 ;-)

... [ ok ] * ati-driver-installer-8.27.10-x86.run SHA256 ;-)

... [ ok ] * ati-driver-installer-8.27.10-x86.run size ;-)

... [ ok ] * checking ebuild checksums ;-)

... [ ok ] * checking auxfile checksums ;-)

... [ ok ] * checking miscfile checksums ;-)

... [ ok ] * checking ati-driver-installer-8.27.10-x86.run ;-)

... [ ok ] * Determining the location of the kernel source code
* Found kernel source directory:
* /usr/src/linux
* Found sources for kernel version:
* 2.6.18-suspend2
* Checking for MTRR support enabled ... [ ok ] * Checking for AGP support enabled ... [ ok ] * Checking for DRM support disabled ... [ ok ] * X11 implementation is xorg-x11.
>>> Unpacking source...
* Unpacking Ati drivers ... [ ok ] * Applying ati-powermode.sh.patch ... [ ok ]>>> Source unpacked.
>>> Compiling source in /data/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.27.10-r1 ...
* Building the DRM module...
make: Entering directory `/data/usr/src/linux-2.6.18-suspend2'
CC [M] /data/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.27.10-r1/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.o
/data/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.27.10-r1/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c:233: error: `UTS_RELEASE' undeclared here (not in a function)
/data/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.27.10-r1/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c: In function `firegl_stub_open':
/data/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.27.10-r1/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c:559: warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type
/data/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.27.10-r1/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c: In function `__ke_vm_map':
/data/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.27.10-r1/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c:3159: error: `VM_SHM' undeclared (first use in this function)
/data/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.27.10-r1/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c:3159: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/data/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.27.10-r1/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c:3159: error: for each function it appears in.)
make[1]: *** [/data/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.27.10-r1/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.o] Error 1
make: *** [_module_/data/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.27.10-r1/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/data/usr/src/linux-2.6.18-suspend2'
* DRM module not built
>>> Source compiled.
>>> Test phase [not enabled]: x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.27.10-r1

>>> Install ati-drivers-8.27.10-r1 into /data/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.27.10-r1/image/ category x11-drivers
* Installing fglrx module
install: cannot stat `fglrx.ko': No such file or directory

!!! ERROR: x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.27.10-r1 failed.
Call stack:
ebuild.sh, line 1546: Called dyn_install
ebuild.sh, line 1020: Called src_install
ati-drivers-8.27.10-r1.ebuild, line 205: Called linux-mod_src_install
linux-mod.eclass, line 510: Called die

!!! doins fglrx.ko failed
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.

fuzzythebear · Guru Joined: 28 Nov 2004 Posts: 317

there's numerous bug reports about the mess on
bugzilla : you are not alone.
moreover , ati has dropped the support for many cards in their
latest drivers. the situation is no better than ti was. i made a
suggestion to have a legacy driver for the cards they dropped
including the 9200 9250 etc . The only answer i had was a question
if i had tried the open source drivers .. which by no stretch of imagination
is a solution, far from it .. It has been frustrating no end lately .

Back to your problem : 8.27.10-r1.
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148424 shows the same error and a few more reports , quite a few , report the issue and a patch/fix to solve the problem
but instead of fixing the problem .. they suggest to try ati drivers 8.29.6
but like i said .. ATI dropped the support for a lot of cards in that version.
Many of us are dead in the water with useless hardware if we need to update
to the newer kernels.

I had nothing but bad luck with the open source driver and drm/dri.

Hope this little bit helped
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