Good Day;
ati-drivers fails to emerge; foolowed the somewhat out of date doc's online.
emerge ati-drivers
Calculating dependencies... done!
>>> Verifying ebuild manifests
>>> Emerging (1 of 1) x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2
* ati-driver-installer-8-11-x86.x86_64.run RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ]
* checking ebuild checksums ;-) ... [ ok ]
* checking auxfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ]
* checking miscfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ]
* Determining the location of the kernel source code
* Found kernel source directory:
* /usr/src/linux
* Found kernel object directory:
* /lib/modules/2.6.29-gentoo-r5/build
* Found sources for kernel version:
* 2.6.29-gentoo-r5
>>> Unpacking source...
Warning: target directory exists /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.552.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
* Converting 2.6.x/Makefile to use M= instead of SUBDIRS= ... [ ok ]
>>> Unpacking ./../common/usr/src/ati/fglrx_sample_source.tgz to /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/extra
>>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work
>>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work ...
* Preparing fglrx module
make -j5 HOSTCC=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu- LDFLAGS= GCC_VER_MAJ=4 KVER=2.6.29-gentoo-r5 KDIR=/usr/src/linux kmod_build
make -C /usr/src/linux M=/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.29-gentoo-r5'
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_agp.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_debug.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_ioctl.o
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c: In function 'KCL_ACPI_EvalObject':
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c:229: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c:255: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c: In function 'KCL_ACPI_GetNotifyHandler':
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c:483: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c:485: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c:487: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c: In function 'KCL_ACPI_GetNotifyContext':
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c:510: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c:512: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c:514: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c: In function 'KCL_ACPI_UpdateNotifyHandler':
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c:538: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c:538: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c:540: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c: In function 'KCL_ACPI_UpdateNotifyContext':
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c:557: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c:557: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c:559: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
make[2]: *** [/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function 'KCL_GetEffectiveUid':
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:1429: error: 'struct task_struct' has no member named 'euid'
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function 'KCL_PosixSecurityCapSetIPCLock':
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:1784: error: 'struct task_struct' has no member named 'cap_effective'
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:1788: error: 'struct task_struct' has no member named 'cap_effective'
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function '__ke_vm_phys_addr_str':
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3206: warning: return makes pointer from integer without a cast
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3207: warning: return makes pointer from integer without a cast
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3208: warning: return makes pointer from integer without a cast
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3210: warning: return makes pointer from integer without a cast
make[2]: *** [/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.29-gentoo-r5'
make: *** [kmod_build] Error 2
*
* ERROR: x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 failed.
* Call stack:
* ebuild.sh, line 48: Called src_compile
* environment, line 3410: Called linux-mod_src_compile
* environment, line 2596: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* eval "emake HOSTCC="$(tc-getBUILD_CC)" CROSS_COMPILE=${CHOST}- LDFLAGS="$(get_abi_LDFLAGS)" ${BUILD_FIXES} ${BUILD_PARAMS} ${BUILD_TARGETS} " || die "Unable to emake HOSTCC="$(tc-getBUILD_CC)" CROSS_COMPILE=${CHOST}- LDFLAGS="$(get_abi_LDFLAGS)" ${BUILD_FIXES} ${BUILD_PARAMS} ${BUILD_TARGETS}";
* The die message:
* Unable to emake HOSTCC=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu- LDFLAGS= GCC_VER_MAJ=4 KVER=2.6.29-gentoo-r5 KDIR=/usr/src/linux kmod_build
*
* If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.
* A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/temp/build.log'.
* The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2/temp/environment'.
*
Any ideas?
There are many bugs listed on line but very few resolutions.
Regards,
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Hazen Valliant-Saunders
IT/IS Consultant
(613) 355-5977