Having some problems with ATI drivers and Slack 9l0

Aman9090 · 11-02-2003, 09:50 PM

Hey guys. I am trying to install my Radeon drivers so I can get on with my life but am running into this error:

Quote:

bash-2.05b# ./make_install.sh
- creating symlink
- recreating module dependency list
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/Makefile is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/agp.h is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/agp3.c is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/agp_backend.h is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/agpgart.h is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/agpgart_be.c is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.h is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/i7505-agp.c is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/libfglrx_ip.a.GCC3 is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/libfglrx_ip.a.GCC2 is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/libfglrx_ip.a.GCC3 is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/make.sh is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/nvidia-agp.c is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/fglrx.2.4.18-17.7.x.o is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/fglrx.2.4.18-17.8.0.o is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/fglrx.2.4.20-6-SMP.o is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/fglrx.2.4.20-6.o is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/fglrx.2.4.21-1.1931.2.349.2.2.ent-SMP.o is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/fglrx.2.4.21-1.1931.2.349.2.2.ent.o is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/fglrx.2.4.21-1.1931.2.349.2.2.entbigmem-SMP.o is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/fglrx_info.txt is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/make_install.sh is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/opt/kde3/share/applnk/fireglcontrol_kde3.desktop is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/X11R6/include/X11/extensions/fglrx_gamma.h is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/X11R6/lib/libfglrx_gamma.a is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/X11R6/lib/libfglrx_gamma.so.1.0 is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.o is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.a is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/include/GL/glxATI.h is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/share/applnk/fireglcontrol.kdelnk is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/share/gnome/apps/fireglcontrol.desktop is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/share/icons/ati.xpm is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/share/pixmaps/ati.xpm is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/src/ATI/fglrx_panel_sources.tgz is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/src/ATI/fglrx_sample_source.tgz is not owned by root
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/make.log is not an ELF file
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/patch/drivers/char/drm/drmP.h is not an ELF file
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/patch/drivers/char/drm/drm_proc.h is not an ELF file
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/patch/include/linux/highmem.h is not an ELF file
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/X11R6/bin/LICENSE.GPL is not an ELF file
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/X11R6/bin/LICENSE.QPL is not an ELF file
depmod: ELF file /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/X11R6/bin/fgl_glxgears not a relocatable object
depmod: ELF file /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/X11R6/bin/fglrx_xgamma not a relocatable object
depmod: ELF file /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/X11R6/bin/fglrxconfig not a relocatable object
depmod: ELF file /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/X11R6/bin/fglrxinfo not a relocatable object
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/X11R6/bin/fireglcontrol.qt2.gcc2.96.bz2 is not an ELF file
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/X11R6/bin/fireglcontrol.qt3.gcc3.2.bz2 is not an ELF file
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/usr/X11R6/bin/fireglcontrol.qtstatic.gcc2.96.bz2 is not an ELF file
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.20/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.o
failed.

I am a newbie and I can't begin to wonder what all that says. Is it possible anyone can help me? Thanks in advance

Shade · 11-02-2003, 10:51 PM

That's really interesting, I've installed my radeon drivers on slackware probably around 10 times now and never seen that.

How did you install the drivers?

did you convert the rpm to tgz with the rpm2tgz utility or just use the rpm as it was?

-Shade

repe · 11-03-2003, 01:56 AM

Btw...Could someone say what ati drivers work on my Radeon 7500? What those firegl drivers are?

Aman9090 · 11-03-2003, 08:10 AM

I have a Radeon 8500 btw for everyone that needs to know..

I did so yes, I did rpm2targz to the file and i extracted it fine

I recompiled my kernel with the modules ad got all the necessary headers.

I built the modules in the build_mod directory of the fglrx directory in lib

I then ran make_install.sh and it gives me that error.

Any ideas? A budddy of mine says that it's a really bad thing - something about how the kernel has to read other files other than ELF files - and also about missing files that are needed - any info? Thanks

Aman9090 · 11-03-2003, 01:52 PM

Bump - Need help badly - by the end of today!

Misel · 11-03-2003, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by repe
Btw...Could someone say what ati drivers work on my Radeon 7500? What those firegl drivers are?

try those from here: http://gatos.sf.net

jeramy · 11-03-2003, 02:55 PM

Shade: Which Radeon card do you have? Is it pre-8500?

Aman9090 · 11-03-2003, 04:15 PM

umm can someone answer MY question please?

Misel · 11-03-2003, 04:36 PM

first of all I would do a chown -R root /lib/modules; chgrp -R root /lib/modules; to get rid of those "is not owned by root"-errors. It's not necessary as far as I can tell but it gives you less warnings

Then you should check whether your Kernel supports modules in other formats than ELF. If it doesn't you probably have to recompile.

Shade · 11-03-2003, 06:40 PM

My card is a Radeon 9000 Pro. (R250)

As long as you have the source for your kernel, you shouldn't have had to recompile it.

Here's the steps I had to take to get it to install correctly in Slack 9.0. Slack 9.1 comes with the kernel source, so makes it a little easier.

1) I recompiled a generic kernel, not exact to my hardware, but without extraneous stuff. Tailor it to your system. If you don't know what something is, or you're not sure that you DON'T need it, leave it in. Most things won't conflict. A timesaving thing to do is to make sure only soundcard modules, and net modules that you need are compiled. during Make modules and make modules_install, these can take time if you have many extraneous modules

Notes on kernel compile:
Framebuffer support if you want it, should use vesa vga instead of the ATI radeon module. I've had trouble with kernel radeon support, black screens, etc

Don't forget to make sure agpgart is compiled as a module.

I rebooted to make sure new kernel worked, everything else worked, etc.
Made sure support was included for ELF and a.out formats, as well as the basic module loader.

2) rpm2tgz fglrx<whatever>.rpm
3) installpkg fglrx<whatever>.tgz
4) cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/
5) ./make.sh
6) cd ..
7) ./make_install.sh

Then, I just changed the driver line in my XF86Config file to fglrx, made sure default color depth was 24, and bing bang boom, 3d Acceleration.

I would do every step of your kernel compile as root, just to help alleviate some of these problems. I realize it's not quite necessary, but that's the way I've always done it.

I'll be checkin' back on this thread

Good luck! It's not as hard as it seems... And if you do an upgrade to 9.1 anytime soon, just know that it'll be *very* easy to add accel.

-Shade

jeramy · 11-03-2003, 08:45 PM

I just installed Slack 9.1. WOOOOOOO!

My Radeon 7500 was detected! 3D support was enabled! This hasn't happened in too many distros, let me tell you...

(after I did this from the root account:
XFree86 -configure
XFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new
(Ctrl-Alt-Backspace)

and then copied relevant parts in to my regular /etc/X11/XF86Config

This is from
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO.../x-config.html btw)

So Aman9090, try installing 9.1.

Unfortunately it doesn't work from the user account (yet).
Here are the errors that I get when I run glxgears:

libGL error: failed to open DRM: Operation not permitted
libGL error: reverting to (slow) indirect rendering

So... can anyone tell me what permissions aren't set properly? Thanks.

Aman9090 · 11-03-2003, 11:01 PM

if i update will that work as well? I dont feel like formatting.. will i get the same results?

Thanks again, jeramy

jeramy · 11-05-2003, 07:59 AM

Heh. I have no clue.

Shade · 11-05-2003, 12:46 PM

The upgrade will probably work as well, yes.

As far as your permission problem, jeramy -- there's a simple solution

You can add this section to the end of your XF86Config :

Code:

Section "DRI"
        Group 0
        Mode 0666
EndSection

That'll do it.
-Shade

jeramy · 11-05-2003, 01:31 PM

Ahhhhh... THANK YOU!

*Now* I know what that does!

I've had it in other XF86Config files, and I knew you needed to have it, but I forgot to put it in this time.