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**aoanla** · 15 November 2007, 06:01 PM

Originally posted by morgond View Post

Hi, I'm a new Linux user using Ubuntu Gutsy (just installed it). The computer I'm working with is an old Hypersonic Aviator ZX7, 2.8ghz P4, 1gig RAM, with a ATI Radeon Mobility Pro 9600 graphics card.

I'm unable to run the visual effects; when I try to activate them, I get an error message saying that "The Composite extension is not availible".

I'm trying now to install the new AMD/ATI drivers using this walkthrough: http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubu...allation_Guide

Method 1 didn't work, so I'm going through Method 2. Everything is going fine until I get to this command and results:

Code:

david@Hypersonic:~$ sudo dpkg -i xorg-driver-fglrx 8.42.3-1*.deb \
> fglrx-kernel-source_8.42.3-1*.deb \
> fglrx-amdcccle_8.42.3-1*.deb
dpkg: error processing xorg-driver-fglrx (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing 8.42.3-1*.deb (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Selecting previously deselected package fglrx-kernel-source.
(Reading database ... 117896 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fglrx-kernel-source (from fglrx-kernel-source_8.42.3-1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package fglrx-amdcccle.
Unpacking fglrx-amdcccle (from fglrx-amdcccle_8.42.3-1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing fglrx-amdcccle_8.42.3-1_i386.deb (--install):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/amdcccle', which is also in package xorg-driver-fglrx
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Setting up fglrx-kernel-source (8.42.3-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 xorg-driver-fglrx
 8.42.3-1*.deb
 fglrx-amdcccle_8.42.3-1_i386.deb

If I try to proceed anyway:

Code:

david@Hypersonic:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

I am a noob at this, so any help is greatly appreciated. I did some searching around here, but couldn't find anything, but maybe I'm searching for the wrong things.

The fix is simple - there's a typo in your instruction... you're missing an underscore between
xorg-driver-fglrx and 8.42 - it should all be one word, representing that particular deb file.

**morgond** · 19 November 2007, 11:50 PM

I knew it had to be something simple I was missing. :P dumb is me. Ok, so that worked, but now when I get down to this command:

Code:

sudo module-assistant build,install fglrx -f

It tries to build it, but I get the following error in the module-assistant, interactive mode window:

"Build of the package fglrx-kernel-source failed! How do you wish to proceed?"

If I VIEW the build log file, here's what it says:

Code:

dh_testroot                                                                
rm -f configure-stamp                                                      
rm -f fglrx.ko fglrx.mod.c *.o libfglrx_ip.a                               
rm -f .version .*.o.flags .*.o.d .*.o.cmd .*.ko.cmd                        
rm -rf .tmp_versions                                                       
rm -rf patch                                                               
dh_clean                                                                   
rm /usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/control                                   
rm /usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/dirs                                      
if [ -f /usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/control.template ]; then \   
        cat /usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/control.template >               
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/control; \                                   
        fi                                                                 
if [ -f /usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/postinst ]; then \                   
        mv /usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/postinst
        fi                                                                 
dh_testdir                                                                 
touch configure-stamp                                                      
dh_testdir                                                                 
/usr/bin/make -C /usr/src/linux SUBDIRS=/usr/src/modules/fglrx modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14-rt'
   CC [M]  /usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.o                           
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:365: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type                                                  
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:366: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type                                                  
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ?fglrx_pci_suspend?:  
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:799: warning: passing argument 1 of ?firegl_pci_save_state? from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ?fglrx_pci_resume?:/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:841: warning: passing argument 1 of ?firegl_pci_restore_state? from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function               ?__ke_pci_find_device?:                                                   
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:2019: warning: ?pci_find_device? is deprecated (declared at include/linux/pci.h:477)
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ?__ke_request_irq?: 
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:2962: warning:                      
?deprecated_irq_flag? is deprecated (declared at include/linux/interrupt.h:68)                                              
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:2962: warning: passing argument 2 of ?request_irq? from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: At top level:                      
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5439: warning: ?kmem_cache_t? is  deprecated                                                                 
  LD [M]  /usr/src/modules/fglrx/fglrx.o                                   
  Building modules, stage 2.                                               
  MODPOST 1 modules                                                        
WARNING: could not find /usr/src/modules/fglrx/.libfglrx_ip.a.GCC4.cmd
for /usr/src/modules/fglrx/libfglrx_ip.a.GCC4                             
FATAL: modpost: GPL-incompatible module fglrx.ko uses GPL-only symbol
'__rcu_read_lock'                                                          
make[2]: *** [__modpost] Error 1                                           
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2                                             
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14-rt'
make: *** [build] Error 2                                                  
^Y

If I hit CONTINUE, it just takes me back to the prompt. Any idea what's going wrong at this point?

(So close, and yet, so far)

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