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Revision as of 23:43, 19 August 2007
8.40.4
Symptom
Kernel 2.6.21 (including) and up: the kernel module fglrx.ko will not be built ... and the ATI installer wont tell you, it has not.
Reason
ATI kernel module has non-GPL License. Kernel build system has restricted the usage of some functions to GPL-only modules. So the kernel module won't be compile.
Solution
a) Go kick ATI to buld a GPL compatible kernel module.
b) Modify the MODULE_LICENSE String in the kernel module to "GPL"
Yours,
Dr. Nikolaus Klepp