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On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Harry Holt <harryholt@×××××.com> wrote: |
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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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What arch are you using in each case? I read that maybe x86 and amd64 |
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had different requirements with this driver... |
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