Ati Catalyst Display Driver 9.6 Install Problem Under Gentoo

[erdem]

Hi. I try to install ati catalyst display driver 9.6 from ati's web page. When I try to install it gives error messages and complains about version mismatch:

/usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log

[Message] Kernel Module : Trying to install a precompiled kernel module.
[Message] Kernel Module : Precompiled kernel module version mismatched.
[Message] Kernel Module : Found kernel module build environment, generating kernel module now.
AMD kernel module generator version 2.1
doing Makefile based build for kernel 2.6.x and higher
rm -rf *.c *.h *.o *.ko *.GCC* .??* *.symvers
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.29-gentoo-r5/build SUBDIRS=/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.29-gentoo-r5'
CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function 'KCL_SetPageCache_Array':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:1230: warning: unused variable 'ret'
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:1229: warning: unused variable 'i'
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function 'KCL_GetEffectiveUid':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:1451: error: 'struct task_struct' has no member named 'euid'
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function 'KCL_PosixSecurityCapSetIPCLock':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:1825: error: 'struct task_struct' has no member named 'cap_effective'
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:1829: error: 'struct task_struct' has no member named 'cap_effective'
make[2]: *** [/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.29-gentoo-r5'
make: *** [kmod_build] Error 2
build failed with return value 2
[Error] Kernel Module : Failed to compile kernel module - please consult readme.

uname -r

2.6.29-gentoo-r5

My xorg.conf is like this:

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "extmod"
Load "dri"
Load "xtrap"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XKbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "tr"
Option "XkbVariant" "f"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"

### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
#Option "DefaultRefresh" # [<bool>]
#Option "ModeSetClearScreen" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "vesa"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "RV770 [Radeon HD 4850]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

[erdem]

And xorg.0.log is like that:

/var/log/Xorg.0.log

Xorg.0.log

fglrxinfo

X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 158 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
Serial number of failed request: 12
Current serial number in output stream: 12

and glxinfo results is same as fglrxinfo. X session starts with fglrx drivers but it is a bit weird. When I move windows they flicker.

I think the problem is related to installation of fglrx driver. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[rohcQaH]

I think 9.6 doesn't work with kernel 2.6.29+.

In any case, on gentoo it's usually better to install drivers through portage, not manually. The driver version in portage seems to include some patches for 2.6.29+

    if kernel_is ge 2 6 29; then
        ewarn "Kernels newer then 2.6.28 are heavily patched and might result in runtime failitures."
        ewarn "Consider them as unsupported by us."
        ewarn "All bug reports are needed to be tested with 2.6.28 kernel"
    fi

[erdem]

Thanks for your replies In fact i tried to install ati-drivers-8.552-r2 through portage. But it also give lots of compile errors..

Should i downgrade kernel like gentoo-sources-2.6.28 or upgrade it like gentoo-sources-2.6.30.

I was using Linux Mint for a while. And in Mint proprietary ATI drivers works like a charm. But I don't know which kernel version Mint uses.

Or may be it is a Gentoo related bug. Should i report it as a bug?

[rohcQaH]

In fact i tried to install ati-drivers-8.552-r2 through portage. But it also give lots of compile errors..

drivers prior to 9.6 will not work with 2.6.29 either.

Should i downgrade kernel like gentoo-sources-2.6.28 or upgrade it like gentoo-sources-2.6.30.

it doesn't work with 2.6.29 or later, so you'd need to downgrade to 2.6.28

Or may be it is a Gentoo related bug. Should i report it as a bug?

right now the proper term is "user error"

my suggestion is to keyword ati-drivers-9.6 and install them via portage (read the portage handbook about keywording). It *should* work then, even with 2.6.29. If it doesn't (or if it isn't stable), downgrade to kernel 2.6.28.

[erdem]

my suggestion is to keyword ati-drivers-9.6 and install them via portage (read the portage handbook about keywording). It *should* work then, even with 2.6.29. If it doesn't (or if it isn't stable), downgrade to kernel 2.6.28.

you mean unmask ati-drivers-9.6 package and install it via portage if i didn't understand wrong. i was already trying to downgrade kernel to version 2.6.28.

i will give both of solutions a try and write the results here. thanks a lot

[erdem]

Ok finally it worked. Instead of downgrading to 2.6.28 series kernel. I unmasked ati-drivers-9.6 and installed them via portage as u mentioned.

/etc/portage/package.keywords

x11-drivers/ati-drivers ~x86
app-admin/eselect-opengl ~x86
x11-base/xorg-server ~x86

I also unmasked other packages to install masked ati-drivers package. And the result under 2.6.29 series kernel:

fglrxinfo

display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
OpenGL version string: 2.1.8673

Now it works like a charm! Thanks

[rohcQaH]

careful with that package.keywords. This'll keyword/unmask all future versions as well, whether they're stable or not, and those might get installed without you wanting it.

It's safer to unmask only specific versions, e.g.

~x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.2
~x11-drivers/ati-drivers-9.6

the ~ at the beginning means "this version and it's revisions", including packages like xorg-server-1.6.2-r2, but not -1.6.3 and later.
No need to specify the ~x86 either. If no keyword is given, ~arch is assumed.


but those are details, glad it worked

[erdem]

thanks for explanations. i didn't know about this futures of package keywords

i'll act accordingly to ur explanations and change the flags appropriately ...

[energyman]

unmasking all ati versions is not a bad thing to do.

installing the ati drivers without using portage THAT is a bad thing to do.