[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#542140: Bug#542140: fglrx-driver: fglrx driver doesn't work with linux-image-2.6.30 (AMD64)
Patrick Matthäi
pmatthaei at debian.org
Tue Aug 18 05:35:29 UTC 2009
Gary Dale schrieb:
> Package: fglrx-driver
> Version: 1:9-2-2
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> After doing a dist-upgrade a couple of days ago in which
> linux-image-2.6.30 was installed, the fglrx driver stopped working. I
> could no longer get into X. Removing and reinstalling the driver under
> the kernel didn't help.
>
> Because the open source ATI drivers don't work, I'm left with the vesa
> driver as the only method for running X.
>
> I've also tried the installation method at
> http://www.debianadmin.com/how-to-install-ati-fglrx-driver-in-debian.html/comment-page-1#comment-3543
>
> but it fails during the driver install while trying to overwrite
> libglx.so - and no amount of trying has let me get around the error.
> Even if libglx.so is removed, I still can't overwrite it!
??
We are _not_ supporting the debs resulted by the ati installer!
On Debian just do (but be sure to remove everything from your old
installation):
# apt-get install fglrx-driver fglrx-glx fglrx-source module-assisstant
# m-a a-i fglrx
And that was it.
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