[Pkg-fglrx-devel] fglrx library diversions result in unusable Xorg if kernel module is not built

[Patrick Matthäi]

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Mark schrieb:
> For some reason, I have not (yet) succeeded in building the kernel
> module for fglrx.  Without that, and with the diversions that other
> fglrx-* packages apply (libGL and libdri?), X is unusable.  I get a
> black screen; the monitor does not go into powersaving mode.  Ctrl-Alt-
> combinations ( -Del, -Backspace, -F1, -F2, ...) do not work.  I am
> forced to press the reset button, and the Xorg log contains nothing
> incriminating.

Yes this is the case with some chipcards.
But what version of fglrx you are tried out and which ATI/AMD card do
you have?

> 
> I compiled kernel 2.6.29 myself.  I suspect that fglrx-source's failure
> to build either has to do with the kernel version or where/how I built
> the kernel - I do not believe it is a bug in the package.

If you are using 1:9-4-1, 2.6.29 is the only supported Kernel atm.
What says the build-log of m-a a-i fglrx?

You should try out the Debian variant of Linux, I think you may miss
some CONFIG_ options.

> 
> However, it would be nice if the diversions did not happen unless the
> fglrx module existed under /lib/modules/`uname -r`.  Perhaps the
> packages could be left unconfigured if the module doesn't exist, and the
> diversions would be set up when the packages successfully configure?

This leaves the system on upgrading in an unconfigured state where dpkg
has to fail, which leads to much more problems.

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