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On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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> Harry Holt wrote: |
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>> I went to compile the proprietary drivers today from the ati-drivers |
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>> emerge, but nothing up to and including 8.582 will compile do to error: |
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>> * The die message: |
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>> * ati-drivers-8.582 requires support for pci_find_slot. |
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>> There is a bug about this here: http://bugs.gentoo.org/248118 but oddly |
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>> enough it's status is "RESOLVED" even though it's not. |
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> It is resolved. Enabling that kernel kernel feature resolves it. |
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> I don't know if this error exists upstream or not, but I may try |
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>> installing the 9.3 version from ATI just to find out (if I can get through |
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>> it). I know the Debian version in "squeeze" works but it's a newer version |
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>> as far as I can tell (version numbers are really inconsistent). |
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>> Anyway, has anyone else had this problem? Is there a way around it |
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>> without turning on PCI_LEGACY in the kernel? |
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> No. You have to read the comments of that bug report and do as they say. |
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> The driver needs to use a kernel feature that is disabled in your kernel. |
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> Debian has it enabled. |
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Sorry, but that's just not true. If I compile a 2.6.27 kernel in debian |
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with PCI_LEGACY=N, I can still install the "9.2" deb ATI Driver package. |
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But the same kernel configured the same way in Gentoo causes the ati-drivers |
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compile to fail. |
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... HH |
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