Missing /usr/bin/fglrx-kernel-build.sh script

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#1

Hi,

I am trying to configure my ATI HD 4650 graphics card using the hard way for my opensuse 11.1, KDE4.3. Kernel - 2.6.31-44-pae . I have generated the rpm package successfully but when I go to run level 3 and try to install that rpm file it gives me error:


Preparing...                ##################################################
fglrx_7_4_0_SUSE111         ##################################################

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Package "kernel-source" needs to be installed by YaST2 first!
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Building/installation of fglrx kernel module failed! Try again
by calling "/usr/bin/fglrx-kernel-build.sh" manually.
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Please read "/usr/share/doc/packages/fglrx/README.SuSE" for
configuration details when using SaX2.
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So tried executing the script “/usr/bin/fglrx-kernel-build.sh” but it is not on my system…


# ls -l /usr/bin/fglrx-kernel-build.sh
ls: cannot access /usr/bin/fglrx-kernel-build.sh: No such file or directory

I tried searching Yast and web to find from where I can get this script but could not…

Can anyone please let me know from where I can get this script?
Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

#2

Hello,

As you can see from the messages on your screen, you will have to install the package kernel-source first using yast! After you installed the source, installation of the fglrx driver should work. It needs the kernel-source to be able to compile the fglrx kernel-module during the installation.

Good luck!

Admoel

#3

oh I should I have mentioned that… Kernel-source for 2.6.31 is already installed on my system :slight_smile:

#4

IIRC no ati drivers support 2.6.31 :)?? Even the 9.10 ?

#5

WOW!!! So are there any plans to support kernel 2.6.31 and above anytime soon??

Is there any place where I an get the exact status on this…

In the meanwhile is there any workaround??

#6

Well from what i read from the release notes they just added support for openSUSE 11.1 :smiley:

After 1 year being available lol!

And i thought nvidia drivers are bad rotfl!

Oh, by the way, the 9.10 Beta supports the 2.6.31 kernel.

#7

BUT i couldn’t find these drivers anywhere. I’ve read that they are in ubuntu’s karmic repository.

Try here:

http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/ubuntu/pool/restricted/f/fglrx-installer/

#8

The proper version is the 660 ubuntu2

Try that, you will ned xorg driver and fglrx installer and fglrx-kernel-source.

Good luck!!

P.S. Sorry i can’t help you but i am using nVidia graphic card and have no experience when dealing with ati.

P.S.2 Looks like that fglrx installer is not needed, i don’t know play with those files .

#9

Thanks BenderBendingRodriguez for taking out time :slight_smile: This is a lot of information and I will have to go through this on the weekend I think…

Thanks again … :slight_smile:

#10

You’re most welcome BUT to keep things simple i’d recommend using the 2.6.27 kernel and 9.9 ati drivers version since they support openSUSE 11.1 by now :slight_smile:

I guess openSUSE 11.2 will be supported in about a year rotfl!

#11

Actually, I updated my kernel in sheer desperation also. I got a USB modem which was recognized as a storage device in kernel 2.6.27 and I had to perform a lot of steps to get that working as a Modem… (You can see this thread: How to configure USB modem in opensuse 11.1 - openSUSE Forums)

As of now I am happy with the new kernel, the only thing is that I will miss the awesome graphic effects in Linux(Desktop cube, cover switcher, etc, etc…) but that is not a show stopper for me.

So I will just see when ATI thinks that they should support the new Kernel…:expressionless:

BTW isn’t it ironical that AMD is one of the sponsors of openSUSE and it takes them one full year to support an OS which they are sponsoring rotfl!.. huh…

#12

Yeah, that is pretty pathetic i would say BUT they made a great move of open sourcing their drivers (maybe more like releasing the documentation), as for now i think that ATI is better if it goes for the bang and the bang for the buck.

ATI already has the smallest chip sizes (32nm i guess) while nVidia has lots of problems with that.

ATI will win this war, not today, not in a year but eventually they will win.

If i wouldn’t buy nVidia earlier i would go for ATI this time (since i stopped playing games some time ago).