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

[Gary Dale]

Bertrand Marc wrote:
> No sorry, I only have 32bits. But you can easily build amd64 backports 
> with the following :
>
> #install the build dependancies
> sudo aptitude build-dep fglrx-driver
>
> #download the source of the backport
> wget http://beberking.free.fr/fglrx/fglrx-driver_9-8-1+bpo1.diff.gz
> wget http://beberking.free.fr/fglrx/fglrx-driver_9-8-1+bpo1.dsc
> wget 
> http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/fglrx-driver/fglrx-driver_9-8.orig.tar.gz 
>
>
> #Extract and build the package
> dpkg-source -x fglrx-driver_9-8-1+bpo1.dsc
> cd fglrx-driver-9-8/
> dpkg-buildpackage -b
>
> That should do the trick!
>
> Bertrand
>
OK, the build seems to have worked. I'm left with these files:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   139062 2009-08-19 22:23 
fglrx-atieventsd_9-8-1+bpo1_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7026142 2009-08-19 22:23 
fglrx-control_9-8-1+bpo1_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13784818 2009-08-19 22:23 
fglrx-driver_9-8-1+bpo1_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   195036 2009-08-19 22:23 
fglrx-glx_9-8-1+bpo1_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7093634 2009-08-19 22:23 
fglrx-glx-ia32_9-8-1+bpo1_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1547372 2009-08-19 22:23 
fglrx-source_9-8-1+bpo1_amd64.deb


I can dpkg -i the atieventsd but none of the others install - most 
complain "dpkg-divert: cannot open diversions: No such file or 
directory". Is there something else I need to do to get this to work?