buildpkg fails on hardy

[good945]

hi all,
i just rried to install 8.01 on a hardy testinstall, but the installer can't generate the appropriate packages. has someone a hint?

here's the output:

ulrich@rockarolla:/usr/src$ sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-8-01-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/hardy
Created directory fglrx-install.T17267
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.452.1.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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 ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager 
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Generating package: Ubuntu/hardy
Package build failed!
Package build utility output:
...
[snip cause the output is too much for the forum ;) ]
...
#dh_installchangelogs
dh_link
dh_strip
dh_compress
dh_makeshlibs
dh_installdeb
LD_PRELOAD= dh_shlibdeps
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol XQueryFont used by debian/xorg-driver-fglrx/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol _XEatData used by debian/xorg-driver-fglrx/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol XFillRectangle used by debian/xorg-driver-fglrx/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol _XReadPad used by debian/xorg-driver-fglrx/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol XFreeGC used by debian/xorg-driver-fglrx/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol XFree used by debian/xorg-driver-fglrx/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol XGetErrorDatabaseText used by debian/xorg-driver-fglrx/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol XAddToExtensionList used by debian/xorg-driver-fglrx/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol _XFlush used by debian/xorg-driver-fglrx/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol dlsym used by debian/xorg-driver-fglrx/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: 22 other similar warnings have been skipped (use -v to see them all).
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: debian/xorg-driver-fglrx/usr/bin/fglrxinfo shouldn't be linked with libXext.so.6 (it uses none of its symbols).
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol XauFileName used by debian/xorg-driver-fglrx/usr/sbin/atieventsd found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: debian/xorg-driver-fglrx/usr/sbin/atieventsd shouldn't be linked with libXrender.so.1 (it uses none of its symbols).
dpkg-shlibdeps: failure: couldn't find library libfglrx_gamma.so.1 needed by debian/xorg-driver-fglrx/usr/bin/fglrx_xgamma (its RPATH is '').
Note: libraries are not searched in other binary packages that do not have any shlibs or symbols file.
To help dpkg-shlibdeps find private libraries, you might need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
dh_shlibdeps: command returned error code 512
make: *** [binary] Error 1
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.T17267

any hint is mucho appreciated! thanks!

[BurningDiesel]

I'm getting the same error on a fresh hardy install with an X800.

[sandain]

This looks like the problem I was having in Debian/lenny. I bet my solution will work for you: http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7431

[good945]

This looks like the problem I was having in Debian/lenny. I bet my solution will work for you: http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7431

you bet it worked much thanks for the hint!

the only thing to evaluate now is:
should i install a driver that's so poorly packaged or should i buy a 8800?
but *thats* another story....

thanks again!

[Porter]

you bet it worked much thanks for the hint!

the only thing to evaluate now is:
should i install a driver that's so poorly packaged or should i buy a 8800?
but *thats* another story....

thanks again!

The driver isn't poorly packaged, it works very well. It is specified for a particular set of distributions, and you aren't using one of those. I'm not sure how you can construe that as a failing on the part of ATI.

[Kano]

My script has a workaround for the issue, just use it.

http://kanotix.com/files/install-fglrx-debian.sh

[Michael]

At Phorogit.com are updated Ubuntu scripts.

[Kano]

I highly doubt that these work. Did not try it on hardy but on AMD64 sid. Debian target is also broken with "normal" use.

[good945]

The driver isn't poorly packaged, it works very well. It is specified for a particular set of distributions, and you aren't using one of those. I'm not sure how you can construe that as a failing on the part of ATI.

well... i KNOW what i speak off, cause i use ATI hardware for a couple of years now with linux. to be specific, since redhat 9, which came out in 2003. so then let me conclude, that i am perfectly aware of what to expect when dealing with ATI GPUs in linux.

it's just frustrating that, while i'm in the process of buying a new computer, i thought i would get a 3850, cause this card is a good bang for the buck. but: i use linux 99% of the time (windows/gaming is just a small part of my digital life), and it's no fun seeing that many flaws coming with the drivers.
i think i should switch. even if the alternative is way more expensive...

[Kano]

You can get rid of many problems if you don't use a xserver 1.4 based distro. My own distribution (KANOTIX) has even only Xorg 7.1.1 (etch) and is much more stable than lots of others - just don't try beryl with ATI there... ATI drivers really dislike anything newer than Xserver 1.3 - so gutsy would be one possibility. hardy or sid is currently no good choice.