has anyone got fglrx to work on kubuntu 11.10 yet it did work for me then it got broken tried new daily build but no luck
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Re: fglrx
I've done it before. It will fail to build due to the big kernel lock not being there.
Install fglrx and let it fail. (sudo apt-get install fglrx)
You can go to /usr/src/fglrx(version) and edit a could files. IIRC they were firegl_public.c and drmP.h.
in drmP.h remove the line
#include <linux/smp_lock.h> /* For (un)lock_kernel */
in firegl_public.c remove these lines
#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
lock_kernel();
unlock_kernel();
(for the last two, keep a blank line where they were)
then run
sudo dkms build -m fglrx -v (hit tab and the version should appear)
sudo dkms install -m fglrx -v (hit tab and the version should appear)
then run the aticonfig to build a xorg.conf for it
sudo aticonfig --initial -f
reboot
It's been a while since I've done this so you might have to tweak it here and there. It works fine without the big kernel lock. (or at least as wll as a proprietary driver can be expected to)
If you can get away with it, I'd at least try using the latest free mesa stack (from xorg-edgers) and pimping it out via xorg.conf (man radeon for a list of settings, I use ColorTiling on and SwapbuffersWait off)
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Re: fglrx
the joys of pre-release testing
But really, why 'kill' kubuntu because of this? I guarantee fglrx and nvidia WILL break at least once or thrice in Ubuntu before final is out, probably more often as new kernels are arriving regularly. 3.0.0.8 is the current one iirc. fglrx is usually mostly broken until just before the final release is out, historically. Ati is the reason here as they are the only ones providing the drivers.
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Re: fglrx
Have a look over here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1773851
You might need to add radeon.nomodeset=1 to your GRUB boot line; I have the radeon driver kicking in and messing fglrx about ( http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11088608 ).
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Laptop: Dell Studio 1749: i5 540 (2.5GHz), 8GB, ATi 5650, Intel 5300AGN GNOME3C@12.04x64<br />"Work": Compaq Mini 311c: Atom N270 (OC@2.0GHz), 3GB, Nvidia ION, Broadcom G+BT Unity@11.10x32<br />Comms: HTC Vision@2.3 (CM7); ZTE Blade@2.3 (CM7) on GiffGaff
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Re: fglrx
Originally posted by claydohfglrx is usually mostly broken until just before the final release is out, historically."The only way Kubuntu could be more user friendly would be if it came with a virtual copy of Snowhog and dibl"
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Re: fglrx
Originally posted by jfernyhoughHave a look over here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1773851
You might need to add radeon.nomodeset=1 to your GRUB boot line; I have the radeon driver kicking in and messing fglrx about ( http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11088608 ).
(Registered just to post this.)
regards ronnie
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Re: fglrx
Catalyst 11.7 is out if you want to build it yourself. The process is trivial:
1) Download from here
2) Build the debs
3) Install
$ cd ~/download/ati/11.7
$ sudo ./ati-driver-installer-11-7-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
There don't seem to be any major changes (though the release notes are, as of posting, still 404).
If you get an error like "update-alternatives: error: alternative link /usr/bin/aticonfig is already managed by x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf" then this can be fixed by:
$ sudo update-alternatives --remove-all x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf
then install again.
Laptop: Dell Studio 1749: i5 540 (2.5GHz), 8GB, ATi 5650, Intel 5300AGN GNOME3C@12.04x64<br />"Work": Compaq Mini 311c: Atom N270 (OC@2.0GHz), 3GB, Nvidia ION, Broadcom G+BT Unity@11.10x32<br />Comms: HTC Vision@2.3 (CM7); ZTE Blade@2.3 (CM7) on GiffGaff
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