Generating catalyst 9.11 rpm's on openSUSE 11.2

[NicoK]

since catalyst 9.10 now package generation is somehow broken (at least for me) but I got it to work (described here)

I refined the workaround and build a shell script which does all that automatically for you ( I don't see a file upload here, so I'll put the script in text):

catalyst_911-suse112.sh

#!/bin/bash

sh ./ati-driver-installer-9-11-x86.x86_64.run --extract fglrx-install.11

pushd fglrx-install.11

patch -p1 < ../fglrx-install.11.diff

if [ X`uname -m` = "Xx86_64" ]; then
./packages/SuSE/ati-packager.sh --buildpkg SUSE112-AMD64
else
./packages/SuSE/ati-packager.sh --buildpkg SUSE112-IA32
fi

popd

fglrx-install.11.diff

diff -U 3 -H -d -r -N -- fglrx-install.11.orig/packages/SuSE/ati-packager.sh fglrx-install.11.new/packages/SuSE/ati-packager.sh
--- fglrx-install.11.orig/packages/SuSE/ati-packager.sh	2009-11-12 07:07:59.000000000 +0100
+++ fglrx-install.11.new/packages/SuSE/ati-packager.sh	2009-11-18 09:46:35.275689274 +0100
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 END_SED_SCRIPT
     
     #Build the package
-    rpmbuild -bb --root ${TmpDrvFilesDir} --target ${ARCH} ${TmpPkgSpec} > ${TmpPkgBuildOut} 2>&1
+    rpmbuild -bb --buildroot ${TmpDrvFilesDir} --target ${ARCH} ${TmpPkgSpec} > ${TmpPkgBuildOut} 2>&1
 
     #Retrieve the absolute path to the built package
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then

1. download catalyst 9.11 (ati-driver-installer-9-11-x86.x86_64.run)
2. generate the two above-mentioned files with the given content and put them into the same directory as the catalyst file
3. execute

   sudo sh ./catalyst_911-suse112.sh

   it will extract the package to a directory called "fglrx-install.11", patch the build script and generate a suitable rpm in its directory

Of course you could do all that manually, too...

[j_xavier]

great catch, NicoK. i read thru your explaination and did the modification manually to build the 9.11 rpm.

i hope you communicate the error to ATI feedback so the script can be corrected for the 9.12 release.

for me, the last two releases of the proprietary driver have been the best ever in performance for my 3850HD card. shame that a scripting error keeps that away from widespread use.

good show.

[NicoK]

i hope you communicate the error to ATI feedback so the script can be corrected for the 9.12 release

when 9.10 was released, I was hoping their quality assurance would find the error (after all, it was an "early-look support"), but that didn't happen

However, I just filled out the "Linux Crew Driver Feedback" and reported that - let's hope, they'll react...

[cubed_za]

Hi

When i run the script i receive a 'Package is not Supported Error'
for
./packages/SuSE/ati-packager.sh --buildpkg SUSE112-AMD64

And i'm running 64bit 11.2

Any ideas ?

[NicoK]

When i run the script i receive a 'Package is not Supported Error'
for
./packages/SuSE/ati-packager.sh --buildpkg SUSE112-AMD64

Just to clarify: you are using the package from 9.10 or 9.11 and are in the directory of the extracted files from that package?
(I tested this for 64bit, too - in fact, I did only test my script for that )

[SurplusIguana]

NicoK,

You are my hero of the day for solving all my ATI problems. Thanks a bunch!

Nathan

[mazilo]

Excellent job! I manually run the patch as well as the complation successfully!

[asarge]

I must be missing something here...
I have the "fglrx-install.11" directory, but what do I do now?
When I try running ati-installer.sh, I get

Unrecognized parameter '' to ati-installer.sh
This script supports the following arguments:
--help : print help messages
--listpkg : print out a list of generatable packages
--buildpkg [package] [--dryrun] : if generatable, the package will be created
--buildandinstallpkg [package] [--dryrun] : if generatable, the package will be creadted and installed
--install

I have tried it again with --install, but I get the same message.
As you can see, I don't really know what I'm doing

Can anyone help?

I have just had a look at the text from the last step

It looks like I'm having problems with it

sarge@linux-sarge:~/Ati installer/fglrx-install.11> diff -U 3 -H -d -r -N -- fglrx-install.11.orig/packages/SuSE/ati-packager.sh fglrx-install.11.new/packages/SuSE/ati-packager.sh
diff: fglrx-install.11.orig/packages/SuSE/ati-packager.sh: No such file or directory
diff: fglrx-install.11.new/packages/SuSE/ati-packager.sh: No such file or directory
sarge@linux-sarge:~/Ati installer/fglrx-install.11> --- fglrx-install.11.orig/packages/SuSE/ati-packager.sh2009-11-12 07:07:59.000000000 +0100
If '---' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this:
cnf ---
sarge@linux-sarge:~/Ati installer/fglrx-install.11> +++ fglrx-install.11.new/packages/SuSE/ati-packager.sh2009-11-18 09:46:35.275689274 +0100
If '+++' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this:
cnf +++
sarge@linux-sarge:~/Ati installer/fglrx-install.11> @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
If '@@' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this:
cnf @@
sarge@linux-sarge:~/Ati installer/fglrx-install.11> END_SED_SCRIPT
If 'END_SED_SCRIPT' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this:
cnf END_SED_SCRIPT
sarge@linux-sarge:~/Ati installer/fglrx-install.11>
sarge@linux-sarge:~/Ati installer/fglrx-install.11> #Build the package
sarge@linux-sarge:~/Ati installer/fglrx-install.11> - rpmbuild -bb --root ${TmpDrvFilesDir} --target ${ARCH} ${TmpPkgSpec} > ${TmpPkgBuildOut} 2>&1
bash: ${TmpPkgBuildOut}: ambiguous redirect
sarge@linux-sarge:~/Ati installer/fglrx-install.11> + rpmbuild -bb --buildroot ${TmpDrvFilesDir} --target ${ARCH} ${TmpPkgSpec} > ${TmpPkgBuildOut} 2>&1
bash: ${TmpPkgBuildOut}: ambiguous redirect
sarge@linux-sarge:~/Ati installer/fglrx-install.11>
sarge@linux-sarge:~/Ati installer/fglrx-install.11> #Retrieve the absolute path to the built package
sarge@linux-sarge:~/Ati installer/fglrx-install.11> if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then

Is this helpful?

[NicoK]

you're not supposed to put the code snippets into a console...just follow my the three steps below

1. download catalyst 9.11 (ati-driver-installer-9-11-x86.x86_64.run)
2. generate the two above-mentioned files with the given content and put them into the same directory as the catalyst file
3. execute

   sudo sh ./catalyst_911-suse112.sh

   it will extract the package to a directory called "fglrx-install.11", patch the build script and generate a suitable rpm in its directory

(you can generate the two files of the second step by using your favourite editor, e.g. kwrite)

[asarge]

Ahhhh, thanks for that.

I now get this after uncompressing

"/home/sarge/Ati installer/fglrx-install.11 /home/sarge/Ati installer
./catalyst_911-suse112.sh: line 7: patch: command not found
Requested package is not supported"