Debian - 3D Acceleration Module Problem (X1650XT AGP)

[Shakey_Jake33]

I'm have installed Debian Testing onto my secondary machine (Barton 2600+) which has an AGP-based X1650XT. I have installed driver 8.40.4 because (in my experience) later revisions do not work with AGP cards.

Driver installed well, and now I want to compile and activate the module that enables 3D Acceleration. I go to /usr/src/modules/fglrx/ and run 'sh make.sh' (as superuser), and I get the following error message:

ATI module generator V 2.0
==========================
initializing...
./firegl_public.c: required file is missing in build directory
computername:/home/username# cd /usr/src/modules/fglrx
computername:/usr/src/modules/fglrx# sh make.sh
ATI module generator V 2.0
==========================
initializing...
cleaning...
patching 'highmem.h'...
assuming new VMA API since we do have kernel 2.6.x...
Assuming default VMAP API
Assuming default munmap API
doing Makefile based build for kernel 2.6.x and higher
make.sh: line 937: cd: 2.6.x: No such file or directory
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-1-686-bigmem/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/modules/fglrx modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-1-686-bigmem'
CC [M] /usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.o
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ‘__ke_check_pci’:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:1857: warning: ‘pci_find_slot’ is deprecated (declared at include/linux/pci.h:493)
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ‘__ke_pci_find_device’:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:1886: warning: ‘pci_find_device’ is deprecated (declared at include/linux/pci.h:492)
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ‘__ke_vm_test_and_clear_dirty’:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:2411: error: implicit declaration of function ‘ptep_test_and_clear_dirty’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ‘__ke_pci_find_slot’:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:2719: warning: ‘pci_find_slot’ is deprecated (declared at include/linux/pci.h:493)
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ‘__ke_request_irq’:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:2829: error: ‘SA_SHIRQ’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:2829: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:2829: error: for each function it appears in.)
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:2829: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘request_irq’ from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ‘__ke_pte_phys_addr_str’:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:3403: error: implicit declaration of function ‘pte_read’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:3405: error: implicit declaration of function ‘pte_exec’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: At top level:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5306: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘kmem_cache_t’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ‘KAS_SlabCache_Initialize’:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5345: error: ‘kasSlabCache_t’ has no member named ‘routine_type’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5346: error: ‘kasSlabCache_t’ has no member named ‘lock’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5347: error: ‘kasSlabCache_t’ has no member named ‘name’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5351: error: ‘kasSlabCache_t’ has no member named ‘cache’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5352: error: ‘kasSlabCache_t’ has no member named ‘name’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5352: error: too many arguments to function ‘kmem_cache_create’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ‘KAS_SlabCache_Destroy’:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5375: error: ‘kasSlabCache_t’ has no member named ‘cache’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5385: error: ‘kasSlabCache_t’ has no member named ‘cache’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5387: error: ‘kasSlabCache_t’ has no member named ‘cache’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ‘KAS_SlabCache_AllocEntry’:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5422: error: ‘kasSlabCache_t’ has no member named ‘routine_type’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5423: error: ‘kasSlabCache_t’ has no member named ‘lock’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5447: error: ‘kasSlabCache_t’ has no member named ‘cache’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5450: error: ‘kasSlabCache_t’ has no member named ‘lock’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5458: error: ‘kasSlabCache_t’ has no member named ‘cache’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ‘KAS_SlabCache_FreeEntry’:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5486: error: ‘kasSlabCache_t’ has no member named ‘routine_type’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5487: error: ‘kasSlabCache_t’ has no member named ‘lock’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5499: error: ‘kasSlabCache_t’ has no member named ‘cache’
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5502: error: ‘kasSlabCache_t’ has no member named ‘lock’
make[2]: *** [/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/usr/src/modules/fglrx] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-1-686-bigmem'
make: *** [kmod_build] Error 2
build failed with return value 2

I'm not actually sure what this means tbh. A blind guess tells me I may be missing some dependencies maybe? The same happens when I try to install the same driver in Envy. Ubuntu does not give this error, so it's presumably something I've not set up in Debian.

Any help is appreciated! It took me mere minutes to set up my GeForce 7900 GTO in my main machine, but installing this has really been stressful. If I can't solve it, I'll have to put Ubuntu back on, which is a shame because I prefer Debian.

Thanks!

[Kano]

Use my script, that will apply the correct patches up to 2.6.24:

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

sh install-fglrx-debian.sh -v 8.40.4

(to use google earth you can use -v 8.39.4)

[Malikith]

Your other option using the latest ATI driver, which works for me using a AGP X1600XT on Debian/Testing. The manual way of fixing this is to extract the ati driver, example:

ati-driver-installer-8-3-x86.x86_64.run --extract ./fglrx

Then go to:

cd ./fglrx/arch/x86/usr/X11R6/lib

Then make a copy of libfglrx_gamma.so.1.0 but under a different file name:

cp libfglrx_gamma.so.1.0 libfglrx_gamma.so.1

Then go back to ./fglrx/ and put in:

./packages/Debian/ati-packager.sh --buildpkg sid

Yes even put sid in even when using Debian Testing, works fine and it will build the deb packages.

Then go back to ./fglrx/ and then install your debs.

Afterwards just do the usual:

m-a prepare
m-a a-i fglrx

Then set up your stuff and you should be good to go.

Of course you can do the script too but this is the manual way to get it to be able to build on Debian Testing/sid just for reference if you wanted to take that approach instead.

So give it a shot with the latest once. If it doesn't work just use Kano's script for the older driver which will work too. His script should work with the newest driver too.

[Kano]

My script works for hardy, lenny or sid as well, it just does require a manually fixed xorg.conf in that case.

[Shakey_Jake33]

Huge thanks for the help guys, works a treat now

Tried the 8.3 driver using Malikith's way, the basic method worked fine, but I still have no luck with the driver itself. I seem to be unable to use any driver that uses ATI's new naming scheme, and I don't seem to be alone on that. Just a black screen on bootup. A lot of people with AGP cards seem to have the same problem.

No biggie though, Kano's script with the 8.40.4 driver works great

Thanks again!

[Malikith]

Huge thanks for the help guys, works a treat now

Tried the 8.3 driver using Malikith's way, the basic method worked fine, but I still have no luck with the driver itself. I seem to be unable to use any driver that uses ATI's new naming scheme, and I don't seem to be alone on that. Just a black screen on bootup. A lot of people with AGP cards seem to have the same problem.

No biggie though, Kano's script with the 8.40.4 driver works great

Thanks again!

Good to see you up and running at least. Kano's script works very well.

[Shakey_Jake33]

Just to let people know, setting the AGP Aperture Size to 128MB in the bios solved by black screen problems with the newer drivers. Seems an unlikely fix, but it's solved it.

[legume]

Just to let people know, setting the AGP Aperture Size to 128MB in the bios solved by black screen problems with the newer drivers. Seems an unlikely fix, but it's solved it.

I have to set my aperture to 512 to get things working. I can get a desktop with 256 but 3D doesn't work and < 256 = black screen.

It has been posted on here before - I would have suggested it if I had been reading all the posts.

Does your card have 128 memory? Mine has 512. If it has 256 you may find 256 is the best option, but if you have tested games aswell as desktop then I guess it's OK anyway.

[Shakey_Jake33]

My card has 256MB, I should probably give a higher size a go. For some reason I had it set to the BIOS default of 64, which was unusually silly of me. I gave OpenArena a go and that worked fine, so 3D definitely works.

[Shakey_Jake33]

Sorry for the double post.

Quick question, am I required to do the 3D Acceleration kernel module compile section with every driver install?