[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#542140: Bug#542140: fglrx-driver: fglrx driver doesn't work with linux-image-2.6.30 (AMD64)

[Gary Dale]

Patrick Matthäi wrote:
> 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.
>
You misunderstood. It was the Debian packages I was having the problem 
with. If you re-read my e-mail, I only tried the ATI installer because 
the Debian packages didn't work.

The process you list fails, It gives the following log:

/usr/bin/make  -f debian/rules clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/fglrx'
dh_testroot
rm -f configure-stamp
rm -f fglrx.ko fglrx.mod.c *.o libfglrx_ip.a
rm -f .version .*.o.flags .*.o.d .*.o.cmd .*.ko.cmd
rm -rf .tmp_versions
rm -rf patch
dh_clean
rm -f /usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/control
rm -f /usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/dirs
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/fglrx'
/usr/bin/make  -f debian/rules binary_modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/fglrx'
if [ -f /usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/control.template ]; then \
        cat /usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/control.template > 
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/control; \
    fi
dh_testdir
touch configure-stamp
dh_testdir
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/2.6.30-1-amd64/build 
SUBDIRS=/usr/src/modules/fglrx modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.30-1-amd64'
  CC [M]  /usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.o
In file included from /usr/src/modules/fglrx/drmP.h:86,
                 from /usr/src/modules/fglrx/drm_proc.h:41,
                 from /usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:433:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/drm_os_linux.h:45: error: conflicting types for 
‘irqreturn_t’
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.30-1-common/include/linux/irqreturn.h:16: 
error: previous declaration of ‘irqreturn_t’ was here
In file included from /usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:433:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/drm_proc.h: In function ‘FGLDRM__vma_info’:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/drm_proc.h:497: warning: format ‘%08lx’ expects 
type ‘long unsigned int’, but argument 5 has type ‘phys_addr_t’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ‘KCL_GetEffectiveUid’:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:1407: error: ‘struct task_struct’ 
has no member named ‘euid’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function 
‘KCL_PosixSecurityCapSetIPCLock’:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:1781: error: ‘struct task_struct’ 
has no member named ‘cap_effective’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:1785: error: ‘struct task_struct’ 
has no member named ‘cap_effective’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function 
‘KCL_InstallInterruptHandler’:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:2663: warning: passing argument 2 
of ‘request_irq’ from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function 
‘KCL_MEM_VM_GetRegionPhysAddrStr’:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:3225: warning: return makes 
pointer from integer without a cast
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:3226: warning: return makes 
pointer from integer without a cast
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:3227: warning: return makes 
pointer from integer without a cast
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:3229: warning: return makes 
pointer from integer without a cast
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ‘KAS_Ih_Execute’:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:4204: warning: ‘return’ with no 
value, in function returning non-void
make[5]: *** [/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** [_module_/usr/src/modules/fglrx] Error 2
make[3]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.30-1-amd64'
make[1]: *** [build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/fglrx'
make: *** [kdist_image] Error 2