Catalyst 10.6 does not install on OpenSuse 11.3

[mancunian]

Tried to install Catalyst 10.6 on OpenSuse 11.3 RC2. The installation failed. This is what the installer had to say:

no XFree86 in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib64/jvm/jre/bin)

Error: ./default_policy.sh does not support version
default:v2:x86_64:lib::none:2.6.34-12-desktop:; make sure that the version is being
correctly set by --iscurrentdistro

Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.KabnT0

[Kano]

10-6 only supports up to .33 kernel out of the box. 1 line is missing

[PsynoKhi0]

@macunian
Kano's script supposedly fixes what he's talking about, although it's obviously for debian http://kanotix.com/files/install-fglrx-debian.sh.
I'll have a look and see if I can adapt that to openSUSE.

[PsynoKhi0]

Note to self:
1. Check out the script first
2. Then and only then open your trap...

[PsynoKhi0]

Erm ok if you're in a hurry, you might as well apply the patch manually:
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/472841...6.34-rc4.patch

[mancunian]

thanks to both of you. I will try to apply the patch and then report back.

[mancunian]

erm.... I might have done something wrong here. You add that patch to ati-install.sh don't you?

[PsynoKhi0]

erm.... I might have done something wrong here. You add that patch to ati-install.sh don't you?

You extract the content to a directory first, cd to that directory and apply the patch. Since it's a one-liner, hand editing works too:

sh ati-driver-installer-10-6-x86.x86_64.run --extract fglrx-install/ (or whatever name)
cd fglrx-install/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod
kwrite kcl_wait.c

Look for the " #include <linux/sched.h>" line (it's pretty much at the beginning), add

#include <linux/slab.h>

beneath it.
Save, cd back to fglrx-install and launch ati-installer.sh

That should be it.

[PsynoKhi0]

Oh and make sure have all the dependencies installed first:
http://wiki.opensuse.org/SDB:ATI_drivers

[mancunian]

Thanks again. Unfortunately, this doesn't work.