Installing Catalyst 9.10 on openSUSE 11.2 64 bit fails

Hi,

just installed openSUSE 11.2 64 bit on my machine, installed all available updates plus gcc plus kernel sources, then tried to install Catalyst 9.10 (latest available from AMD for Linux x64), and it doesn’t work. These are the messages from fglrx-install.log:

[Message] Kernel Module : Trying to install a precompiled kernel module.
[Message] Kernel Module : Precompiled kernel module version mismatched.
[Error] Kernel Module : Kernel module build environment not found - please consult readme.

I don’t know how to proceed and properly install Catalyst 9.10. Please help me if you can.

Forgot my system specs (if they play a role)

CPU: Core i7 920
RAM: 6 GB OCZ Reaper 1800 MHz
Mobo: GA EX58 UD3
Gfx: Sapphire Radeon HD4890 Toxic 1 GB
Sound: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music
TV: Terratec Cinergy S2 HD PCI
HDs: 1 TB Samsung Spinpoint (Win7), 512 GB Seagate Barracuda (Linux)
PSU: Enermax Modu 82+ 625W

Make sure you have the correct kernel source. Unless you installed an odd kernel you want the desktop version.

uname -a

will tell you which one you have installed.

2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2009-10-26 15:49:03 +0100 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Actually the driver just needs the kernel headers - I only installed the source code after installation failed.

And as I said, it’s on a pristine installation w/ only a few updates installed.

Well, if nobody can help me with that I will reinstall OpenSUSE (once again … haha, how could I believe this would work after a single installation attempt, silly me), and if the problem persists, I will dump Linux for good and see how I can restore my Win7 MBR.

Found this after quite some googling: ATI-Treiber unter openSUSE installieren - openSUSE

Hope it will help.

Funny how the rest of us have it working after that single installation.

U don’t have to reinstall 11.2,do this will remove the installed fglrx driver :
-su
-cd /usr/share/ati
-sh ./fglrx-uninstall.sh
Reboot then key in 'sax2 -r -m 0=radeonhd

I’m using 11.2 KDE4.3.1 x86-64 on my Compaq Presario laptop with ATI Radeon HD3200 graphic card,I successfully installed ATI proprietary 9.11 graphic driver & activate it. Everything is smooth. Do this :

-su

-zypper in kernel-source linux-kernel-headers kernel-syms module-init-tools make gcc

-cd /home/username/Documents (I assumed u put the ati-driver-installer-9-11-x86.x86_64.run in Documents)

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

-/usr/bin/aticonfig --initial

Then reboot.

Go Configure Desktop>Desktop>Desktop Effects,tick ‘Enable Desktop Effect’,follow simple instruction,u’ll activate yr graphic card.
:slight_smile:

marcoslai,

thanks, will try that.

I know that I don’t have to reinstall Linux to get rid of the gfx driver, I just thought that it might cure any kernel related problems.

marcoslai,

btw, I also know how to invoke the Catalyst installer and run aticonfig (this is about my 100th or 15th OpenSUSE installation). I also have already installed the kernel sources via YaST.

thanks marcoslai.

the kernel symbols hadn’t been installed, so the installer couldn’t build a fitting module.

sax2 -r -m 0=radeonhd shut down my x-server, displayed a text console and locked down my system - I had to reboot.

Btw, the official AMD Catalyst download for Linux x86_64 is still 9.10 for me, but if I modify the link to get me 9.11 it works. Tsk.

I suspect they might have temporarily pulled the 9.11 driver, I downloaded it few days after 9.11 came out, but there were some worrying feedback in their forums which put me off installing it.