Debian Installation Guide

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2007-11, see http://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo
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As of November 2005, ATI's drivers are in the non-free area of Debian. Make sure your /etc/apt/sources.list contains "contrib non-free" as well as main. You will, however, have to build your own kernel modules.

''Warning: do not mix the non-free packages with the packages created by the installer as they will conflict in non-obvious ways. Before switching from one method to another, completely remove all fglrx-related packages. Never do upgrade from one method to another directly!''

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== Compile the kernel driver ==
Before do this, MAKE SURE you have deleted /usr/src/fglrx-kernel*.deb maybe generated by another installation.
In Debian lenny this is unnecessary - it just compiles and installs the most recent fglrx*.deb package. I would assume this is the case with most up-to-date distributions but to play on the safe side you could remove any leftovers of previous builds.
<pre>
sudo module-assistant prepare
sudo module-assistant update
sudo module-assistant a-i fglrx
</pre>

=== Observed error messages ===

'''1.'''

What does this error message below refer to ? It is unclear where to follow-up for this error 2/Fehler 2 message.

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| dh_testdir │
│ /usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/2.6.11/source SUBDIRS=/usr/src/modules/fglrx │
│ /bin/sh: /usr/src/linux-2.6.11/scripts/gcc-version.sh: Datei oder Verzeich │
│ make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.11' │
│ make[2]: scripts/Makefile.build: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden │
│ make[2]: *** Keine Regel, um »scripts/Makefile.build« zu erstellen. Schlu │
│ make[1]: *** [_module_/usr/src/modules/fglrx] Fehler 2 │
│ make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.11' │
│ make: *** [build] Fehler 2
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<pre>
(II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
dlopen: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
(EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
(II) UnloadModule: "fglrx"
(EE) Failed to load module "fglrx" (loader failed, 7)
</pre>

'''Solution:'''
Install a newer C library and recompile the kernel:
<pre>
sudo apt-get install libstdc++5
</pre>

'''2.'''

In Debian Lenny the compiling process might fail. This occurs because Debian downloads another version 1:8-5-1 as opposed to the newest version from ATI 8.501-1 (1/07/2008). This messes up the compiling
process. If you must know this occurs because the command ''m-a a-i'' automatically does m-a prepare, get, build, install. If you do m-a prepare, build, install fglr , without get this will not happen and
you can skip the solution below.

'''Solution:''' Disable your repositories temporarily just for the compiling bit. Compile the source using module assistant. Then do:

<pre>
$ aptitude hold fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-driver fglrx-kernel-src
</pre>

You can do the latter in ncurses by doing the following in order:
type, as root, aptitude and press enter; pres "/" and type fglrx; you will see 3 packages select each with the mouse or using the arrow keys and pres "=" or alternatively press package from the menu and select hold.
Finally enable your repositories once again.

== Update the xorg.conf file (Configuration) ==
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sudo aticonfig --initial
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Now restart X, or reboot for the driver changes to take effect.

== Confirm that it worked ==
<pre>
$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Generic
OpenGL version string: 1.3.5461 (X4.3.0-8.19.10)
</pre>

If it didn't work, you may need to run:
<pre>
# mkdir -p /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri
# ln -s /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri
</pre>

Thanks to Maciej Matysiak for the clear debug [http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2006/02/msg00217.html here] and solution [http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2006/02/msg00311.html here].

If it's still not working, try:
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# rm /usr/lib/libGL.so*
# rm /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so*
# cd /usr/X11R6/lib
# cp /usr/lib/fglrx/diversions/lib/libGL.so.1.2 .
# ln -s libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so.1
# ldconfig
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and confirm that 'ldd /usr/bin/fglrxinfo' is pointing to the right one.

People seem to be experiencing a broken libGL.so.1 after installing 8.41 on Debian/etch. If `amdcccle` complains that libGL.so.1 does't exist, DONT DELETE /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 LIKE IT SAYS ABOVE. Make symbolic link to libGL.so.1.2 (which is included in fglrx package - 14 megs in size):
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# cd /usr/lib
# ln -s libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so.1
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This work fine for ATI mobility radeon 1400

(make backup the olds xorg.* files in your folder)

<pre>
$ cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /home/username/corg.conf.old
$ cp /var/log/Xorg.0.log /home/username/Xorg.0.log.old
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(add contrib non-free in repositories)

<pre>
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install module-assistant build-essential fakeroot dh-make debconf bzip2
</pre>

(from www.amd.com download the courent version of driver for your ATI)

<pre>
$ sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.40.4-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Debian/lenny
</pre>

<pre>
$ apt-get install fglrx-amdcccle_8.40.4-1_i386.deb
$ apt-get install fglrx-driver-_8.40.4-1_i386.deb
$ apt-get install fglrx-driver-dev_8.40.4-1_i386.deb
$ apt-get install fglrx-kernel-src_8.40.4-1_i386.deb
$ apt-get -f upgrade
$ apt-get update
</pre>

<pre>
$ module-assistant prepare
$ module-assistant update
$ module-assistant a-i fglrx
</pre>

<pre>
$ aticonfig --initial
</pre>

(reboot computer)

<pre>
$ fglrxinfo
</pre>

<pre>
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Generic
OpenGL version string: 1.3.5461 (X4.3.0-8.19.10)
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