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* [gentoo-user] Problem emerging ATI drivers
@ 2007-02-17 10:44 David Corbin
       [not found] ` <er763r$7k7$1@sea.gmane.org>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: David Corbin @ 2007-02-17 10:44 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

I'm getting the following output while emerging 
x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.32.5.

I have no understanding of why this is failing.

All help appreciated
-----------cut-----------
 * Preparing fglrx module
make -C /usr/src/linux 
M=/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.32.5/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod 
modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.19'
  CC 
[M]  /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.32.5/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.o
/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.32.5/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c:452: 
warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.32.5/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c: 
In function 'firegl_stub_open':
/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.32.5/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c:575: 
warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type
/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.32.5/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c: 
In function '__ke_request_irq':
/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.32.5/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c:2564: 
warning: passing argument 2 of 'request_irq' from incompatible pointer type
  LD 
[M]  /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.32.5/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/fglrx.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  
CC      /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.32.5/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/fglrx.mod.o
  LD 
[M]  /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.32.5/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/fglrx.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.19'
>>> Source compiled.
--------------------------- ACCESS VIOLATION 
SUMMARY ---------------------------
LOG FILE 
= "/var/log/sandbox/sandbox-x11-drivers_-_ati-drivers-8.32.5-18092.log"

open_wr:   /usr/src/linux-2.6.19/astest18195.out
open_wr:   /usr/src/linux-2.6.19/astest18199.out
open_wr:   /usr/src/linux-2.6.19/astest18209.out
open_wr:   /usr/src/linux-2.6.19/astest18213.out

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* Re: [gentoo-user]  Re: Problem emerging ATI drivers
       [not found] ` <er763r$7k7$1@sea.gmane.org>
@ 2007-02-18  1:38   ` David Corbin
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: David Corbin @ 2007-02-18  1:38 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On Saturday 17 February 2007 10:14, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2007-02-17, David Corbin <gentoo.org@machturtle.com> wrote:
> > I'm getting the following output while emerging
> > x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.32.5.
> >
> > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.19'
>
> 8.32.5 won't compile as-is with recent kernels.  There is a
> patch available to get it to compile, or you can use a newer
> ATI-drivers package. But newer ATI-drivers packages don't
> support some older boards (92xx).  A patch for 8.32.5 has been
> submitted on bugs.gentoo.rog, but the response was "screw you,
> go buy a newer video card".
>

How old are those cards?  A truly lousy answer if someone has such a chip in a 
laptop.


> So, I created an overlay and modified the ebuild to get it to
> work. If you want a copy, it's available at:
>

The contents of that file are for 8.28.8.  Either this is a problem, or I'm 
not doing the overlay thing correctly (which I *think* I am.).

> ftp://ftp.visi.com/users/grante/ati-drivers-8.32.5-r1-overlay.tar.gz


>
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> BOWLING at               BALL -- and some DRUGS!! visi.com

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