[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#511575: "modprobe fglrx" fails on R300

[Deng Xiyue]

Package: fglrx-source
Version: 1:8-12-4
Severity: important

fglrx-kernel-src builds fine but fails to modprobe.  The same problem
as reported in [1].

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/283836

Relevant logs:

# modprobe fglrx
FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/misc/fglrx.ko): Cannot allocate memory

# dmesg
...
[ 3447.803475] fglrx: module license 'Proprietary. (C) 2002 - ATI Technologies, Starnberg, GERMANY' taints kernel.
[ 3447.878048] [fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 680 MBytes.
[ 3447.879015] [fglrx:drm_alloc] *ERROR* [driver] Allocating 0 bytes
[ 3447.879415] [fglrx:firegl_init_device_list] *ERROR* Out of memory when allocating device heads
[ 3447.879965] [fglrx:firegl_init_module] *ERROR* firegl_init_devices failed
...

Though this means fglrx-driver 8-12 completely unusable for R300
users, it doesn't makes all ATI card stop working, hence "important"
severity is used.  But it'll be unfortunate for Lenny ATI driver not
working for R300 within its long release cycle, though backporting
newer fixed drivers will be helpful.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (300, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages fglrx-source depends on:
ii  bzip2                         1.0.5-1    high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  debhelper                     7.0.17     helper programs for debian/rules
ii  make                          3.81-5     The GNU version of the "make" util

Versions of packages fglrx-source recommends:
ii  module-assistant              0.10.11.0  tool to make module package creati

Versions of packages fglrx-source suggests:
ii  fglrx-driver                  1:8-12-4   non-free AMD/ATI r5xx, r6xx, r7xx 

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