fglrx 8.10 on Fedora 9 64bit: Error: ./default_policy.sh does not support version

[judaz]

Hi guys and thanks for this nice forum. This is my first post here - I have searched the forum to try to find the solution to my problem, and found
"The Sad FGLRX Journey of Kernel Cheese" from 2007:

http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=860

which describes my problem pretty well.
Unfortunately, I was not able to follow the receipt given, so here goes...

My short story:
I have recently bought a new mediacenter PC, where the motherboard does not have TV-OUT (Asus P5E-VM HDMI), so I also bought an Asus EAH3450 HD (ATI Technologies Inc Mobilitiy Radeon HD 3450) for the sole purpose of giving me TV-out to my old CRT TV (SCART).

My box is running Fedora 9 kernel 2.6.26.5-45.fc9.x86_64.

Having read some time back that ATI provide binary drivers I hoped this would "just work". So I downloaded ati-driver-installer-8-10-x86.x86_64.run and ran it as root, just to see:

# sh ati-driver-installer-8-10-x86.x86_64.run
...
==================================================
 ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
==================================================
which: no XFree86 in
(/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/lib64/ccache:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/
usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin)

Error: ./default_policy.sh does not support version
default:v2:x86_64:lib::none:2.6.26.5-45.fc9.x86_64; make sure that the
version is being
correctly set by --iscurrentdistro

Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.YeqIWq

Thats pretty much the exact same thing as "Kernel Cheese" reported back in 2007. So I tried to reproduce what he did:

# sh ati-driver-installer-8-10-x86.x86_64.run --keep
...
# cd fglrx-install.mUUCfe/
# sh check.sh
Detected configuration:
Architecture: x86_64 (64-bit)
which: no XFree86 in
(/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/lib64/ccache:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/
usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin)
X Server: unable to detect

Okay, I did this from an ssh terminal, so that might explain the "unable to detect". But then I did:

# sh ati-installer.sh 8.54.2 --buildpkg Fedora/F9
==================================================
 ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager 
==================================================
Generating package: Fedora/F9
mv: cannot stat `/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/BUILD/ATI-fglrx-8.542/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/*': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/BUILD/ATI-fglrx-8.542/usr/X11R6/lib/*.so.*': No such file or directory
Package build failed!
Package build utility output:
Building target platforms: x86_64
Building for target x86_64
Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/rpm-tmp.16579
+ umask 022
+ cd /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/BUILD
+ LANG=C
+ export LANG
+ unset DISPLAY
+ cd /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/BUILD
+ cd ATI-fglrx-8.542
++ /usr/bin/id -u
+ '[' 0 = 0 ']'
+ /bin/chown -Rhf root .
++ /usr/bin/id -u
+ '[' 0 = 0 ']'
+ /bin/chgrp -Rhf root .
+ /bin/chmod -Rf a+rX,u+w,g-w,o-w .
+ exit 0
Executing(%build): /bin/sh -e /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/rpm-tmp.16579
+ umask 022
+ cd /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/BUILD
+ cd ATI-fglrx-8.542
+ LANG=C
+ export LANG
+ unset DISPLAY
+ exit 0
Executing(%install): /bin/sh -e /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/rpm-tmp.16579
+ umask 022
+ cd /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/BUILD
+ cd ATI-fglrx-8.542
+ LANG=C
+ export LANG
+ unset DISPLAY
+ rm -rf /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root
+ '[' -d /etc/ld.so.conf.d ']'
+ mkdir -p /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/etc/ld.so.conf.d
+ pushd /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/etc/ld.so.conf.d
/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/etc/ld.so.conf.d /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/BUILD/ATI-fglrx-8.542
+ cat
+ popd
/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/BUILD/ATI-fglrx-8.542
+ mkdir -p /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/usr/share/applications
+ pushd /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/usr/share/applications
/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/usr/share/applications /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/BUILD/ATI-fglrx-8.542
+ cat
+ popd
/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/BUILD/ATI-fglrx-8.542
+ cp -pR /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/BUILD/ATI-fglrx-8.542/etc /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/BUILD/ATI-fglrx-8.542/lib /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/BUILD/ATI-fglrx-8.542/usr /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root
+ find /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/usr/share/doc -type f -perm 0555 -exec chmod 0644 '{}' ';'
+ find /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root -type f -perm 0555 -exec chmod 0755 '{}' ';'
+ export AS_USER=y
+ AS_USER=y
+ pushd /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod
/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/BUILD/ATI-fglrx-8.542
+ bash make.sh verbose
ATI module generator V 2.0
==========================
initializing...
make.sh: line 304: [: =: unary operator expected
OsRelease=2.6.26.5-45.fc9.x86_64
major=2
minor=6
patch=26
extra=.5-45.fc9.x86_64
SMP=1
smp=-SMP
doing Makefile based build for kernel 2.6.x and higher
rm -rf *.c *.h *.o *.ko *.GCC* .??* *.symvers
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.26.5-45.fc9.x86_64/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.26.5-45.fc9.x86_64'
  CC [M]  /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o
/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function '__ke_vm_phys_addr_str':
/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3522: warning: return makes pointer from integer without a cast
/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3523: warning: return makes pointer from integer without a cast
/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3524: warning: return makes pointer from integer without a cast
/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3526: warning: return makes pointer from integer without a cast
/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: At top level:
/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:5774: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:5800: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
  CC [M]  /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_io.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_pci.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_agp.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/fglrx.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/fglrx.mod.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/fglrx.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.26.5-45.fc9.x86_64'
build succeeded with return value 0
duplicating results into driver repository...
done.
You must change your working directory to /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/lib/modules/fglrx
and then call ./make_install.sh in order to install the built module.



<snip>



error: File not found by glob: /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/*
Processing files: kernel-module-ATI-fglrx-2.6.26.5-45.fc9.x86_64-8.542-1.f9
Requires(interp): /bin/sh /bin/sh
Requires(rpmlib): rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1 rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
Requires(post): /bin/sh
Requires(postun): /bin/sh
Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root


RPM build errors:
    File not found by glob: /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1-10332-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.542-1.f9-root-root/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/*

The version "8.54.2" was just something I guessed, not really sure if it is right.

Now, it might very well be that I've done something wrong here, and I would appreciate any suggestions on how to get this going.

Maybe I don't really need the binary driver at all. I have tried the "radeon" driver in xorg.conf, but was not able to activate TV-out. Since I am going to use this as my mediacenter (MythTV), I am interested in the best possible video performance (non-tearing etc).

Any suggestions?