[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#542140: Bug#542140: 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 17:14:13 UTC 2009


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Gary Dale schrieb:
> Patrick Matthäi wrote:
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>> Gary Dale schrieb:
>>  
>>> 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: *** [kdist_image] Error 2
>>>     
>>
>> Yes, known.
>>
>> Give 9-8-1 a try.
>>
>>   
> Is that the SID package? If so, it wants to replace my xserver. How
> stable is the one in SID?
> 
> The following packages have unmet dependencies.
>  fglrx-driver: Depends: xserver-xorg (>= 1:7.4+1) but it is not going to
> be installed
>                Recommends: fglrx-atieventsd but it is not going to be
> installed
> E: Broken packages
> 
> 
> If I try with aptitude, it suggests the following:
> 
> The following packages are
> BROKEN:                                              xserver-xorg-core
> xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-ati              The following
> NEW packages will be installed:                                 
>  console-setup{a} console-terminus{a} libaudit0{a}
> libdrm-intel1{a}            libpciaccess0{a}
> xserver-common{a}                                           The
> following packages will be
> REMOVED:                                       
>  xserver-xorg-video-apm{a}
> xserver-xorg-video-ark{a}                         
>  xserver-xorg-video-chips{a}
> xserver-xorg-video-cirrus{a}                    
>  xserver-xorg-video-cyrix{a}
> xserver-xorg-video-dummy{a}                     
>  xserver-xorg-video-fbdev{a}
> xserver-xorg-video-glint{a}                     
>  xserver-xorg-video-i128{a}
> xserver-xorg-video-intel{a}                      
>  xserver-xorg-video-mach64{a}
> xserver-xorg-video-mga{a}                      
>  xserver-xorg-video-neomagic{a}
> xserver-xorg-video-nv{a}                     
>  xserver-xorg-video-openchrome{a}
> xserver-xorg-video-r128{a}                 
>  xserver-xorg-video-radeon{a}
> xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd{a}                 
>  xserver-xorg-video-rendition{a}
> xserver-xorg-video-s3{a}                    
>  xserver-xorg-video-s3virge{a}
> xserver-xorg-video-savage{a}                  
>  xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion{a}
> xserver-xorg-video-sis{a}                 xserver-xorg-video-sisusb{a}
> xserver-xorg-video-tdfx{a}                     
>  xserver-xorg-video-tga{a}
> xserver-xorg-video-trident{a}                     
>  xserver-xorg-video-tseng{a}
> xserver-xorg-video-v4l{a}                       
>  xserver-xorg-video-vesa{a}
> xserver-xorg-video-vga{a}                        
>  xserver-xorg-video-vmware{a}
> xserver-xorg-video-voodoo{a}                    The following packages
> will be upgraded:                                        fglrx-driver
> fglrx-glx fglrx-source libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx           
> xserver-xorg                                                                 
> 
> 7 packages upgraded, 6 newly installed, 34 to remove and 500 not
> upgraded.     Need to get 33.1MB of archives. After unpacking 5370kB
> will be freed.          The following packages have unmet
> dependencies:                                 xserver-xorg-video-all:
> Depends: xserver-xorg-video-apm but it is not
> installable                                                                            
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-ark but it is not
> installable                                                                            
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-chips but it is not
> installable                                                                          
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-cirrus but it is
> not
> installable                                                                         
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-cyrix but it is not
> installable                                                                          
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-dummy but it is not
> installable                                                                          
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-fbdev but it is not
> installable                                                                          
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-glint but it is not
> installable                                                                          
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-i128 but it is not
> installable                                                                           
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-intel but it is not
> installable
> or                                                                      
>                                   xserver-xorg-video-i810 which is a
> virtual
> package.                                                                         
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-mga but it is not
> installable                                                                            
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-neomagic but it is
> not
> installable                                                                       
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-nv but it is not
> installable                                                                             
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd but it is
> not
> installable                                                                       
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-rendition but it is
> not
> installable                                                                      
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-s3 but it is not
> installable                                                                             
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-s3virge but it is
> not
> installable                                                                        
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-savage but it is
> not
> installable                                                                         
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion but
> it is not
> installable                                                                  
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-sis but it is not
> installable                                                                            
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-sisusb but it is
> not
> installable                                                                         
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-tdfx but it is not
> installable                                                                           
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-tga but it is not
> installable                                                                            
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-trident but it is
> not
> installable                                                                        
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-tseng but it is not
> installable                                                                          
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-vesa but it is not
> installable                                                                           
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome but it
> is not installable
> or                                                                 
>                                   xserver-xorg-video-via but it is not
> installable                                                                            
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-voodoo but it is
> not
> installable                                                                         
> 
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-vga but it is not
> installable
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-v4l but it is not
> installable
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-vmware but it is
> not installable
>  xserver-xorg-video-ati: Depends: xserver-xorg-video-r128 but it is not
> installable
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-mach64 but it is
> not installable
>                          Depends: xserver-xorg-video-radeon but it is
> not installable
>  xserver-xorg-core: Conflicts: xserver-xorg-input-2 which is a virtual
> package.
> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
> 
> Remove the following packages:
> xserver-xorg-video-all
> 
> Upgrade the following packages:
> libxi6 [2:1.1.4-1 (now) -> 2:1.2.1-2 (unstable)]
> xserver-xorg-input-evdev [1:2.0.8-1 (now) -> 1:2.2.4-1 (unstable)]
> xserver-xorg-input-kbd [1:1.3.1-1 (now) -> 1:1.3.2-3 (unstable)]
> xserver-xorg-input-mouse [1:1.3.0-1 (now) -> 1:1.4.0-2 (unstable)]
> xserver-xorg-input-synaptics [0.14.7~git20070706-3 (now) -> 1.1.2-1
> (unstable)]
> xserver-xorg-input-wacom [0.8.1.6-1 (now) -> 0.8.3.2-1 (unstable)]
> xserver-xorg-video-mach64 [6.8.0-1 (now) -> 6.8.2-1 (unstable)]
> xserver-xorg-video-r128 [6.8.0-1 (now) -> 6.8.1-1 (unstable)]
> xserver-xorg-video-radeon [1:6.9.0-1+lenny4 (now) -> 1:6.12.2-3 (unstable)]
> 
> Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
> fglrx-glx recommends ia32-fglrx-glx
> fglrx-glx recommends ia32-apt-get
> fglrx-atieventsd recommends fglrx-driver (= 1:9-2-2)
> Score is -568

Yes fglrx is not allowed to migrate to testing atm because of
xserver-xorg >:

there are some options..:

1) wait until everything is migrated
2) switch to unstable
3) backport it, you have to modify debian/rules and control, I haven't
got the time for it atm, sorry.
- --
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Mit freundlichem Gruß / With kind regards,
 Patrick Matthäi
 GNU/Linux Debian Developer

E-Mail: pmatthaei at debian.org
        patrick at linux-dev.org

Comment:
Always if we think we are right,
we were maybe wrong.
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