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[playdayz]

The ATI Catalyst Display Driver will build, install, and run in Karmic Puppy (upup-432), but it will not build in Lucid Puppy. I did an experiment and built a Karmic Puppy (upup-433) with the 2.6.33.2 kernel that is used in Lucid, and then I compared upup-432 (kernel 2.6.30.5) with upup-433 (2.6.33.2). ATI Catalyst did *not* build in upup-433. Further, the error log is *exactly* the same as the error log I get trying to build Catalyst in Luci-237 (from which I conclude that the kernel sources might be the problem, rather than the difference between Xorg 7.4 and 7.5?).

So perhaps I have enough information for someone who knows kernels and drivers inside out to figure out how we could build Catalyst in Lucid Puppy. I would be most grateful for assistance. BTW, we have been using the open-source 'radeon' and 'radeonhd' drivers which function well and provide hardware acceleration. However, by my testing the ATI Catalyst fglrx driver provides about twice the framerate of the radeon driver. In addition we have not been able to make Compiz function with the radeon driver and I suspect it might work with the ATI fglrx driver. Thank you.

I see the post http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=62000

ati-driver-installer-10-8-x86.x86_64.run
(install the devx and kernel sources, set the permissions on the ati driver installer, and run it in a terminal.)
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.1&product=2.4.1.3.42&lang=English

upup-432 -> http://diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy400/upup-432.iso
upup_devx_432 -> http://diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy400/upup_devx_432.sfs
kernel sources 2.6.30.5 -> http://bkhome.org/sources/kernel-2.6.30.5/kernel_src-2.6.30.5-patched.sfs4.sfs
fglrx install log - success

upup-433 -> http://diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy400/upup-433.iso
upup_devx_433 -> http://diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy400/upup_devx_433.sfs
kernel sources 2.6.33.2 -> http://bkhome.org/sources/kernel-2.6.33.2/kernel_src-2.6.33.2-patched.sfs
fglrx install log - failure

luci-237 -> http://diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy500/luci-237-SCSI.iso
luci_devx_237 -> http://diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy500/luci_devx_237.sfs


upup 432 (2.6.30.5) fglrx install log - success

[Karl Godt]

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=lucid&section=all&arch=i386&searchon=contents&keywords=bounds.h

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=maverick&section=all&arch=i386&searchon=contents&keywords=%2Fgenerated%2Fbounds.h

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=lucid&arch=i386&searchon=contents&keywords=include%2Flinux%2Fmmzone.h

431:
81 : #define MAX_NR_ZONES 3 /* Sync this with ZONES_SHIFT */

I am running 431 ATM and cannot find bounds.h for now and mm.h hasn't defined NR_PAGEFLAGS either here AIS

I used pfind Search Text in Files at /usr/include
(pfind turns out disgusting when using it many times)

also possible :

[playdayz]

Hey Karl, Guess what. I built a luci with kernel 2.6.33.5 (not 2.6.33.2 as we have always used) and with that luci I was able to build ATI catalyst, which installed and ran.

Now there are two possibilities. I can use that luci to build a package that will work on our regular kernel 2.6.33.2, or, we can start to build luci with 2.6.33.5. It has been a long day. Thank you for your help.

[Nym1]

Hello,

Kernel_src-2.6.33.2-LHP.sfs has worked for me with fewer problems than kernel_src-2.6.33.2-patched.sfs. I don't have a machine with an ATI adapter but decided to try to compile the driver in luci-237 out of curiosity. Luci_devx_237.sfs and Kernel_src-2.6.33.2-LHP were added.

I used the "generate distribution specific package driver option" and chose to "build package for detected OS: Slackware/All" (at the bottom of the list of choices). The fglrx-install.log is shown below:

[01micko]

um.. important I think...

When I compiled the kernel I did make a kernel source sfs and upoloaded to smkey01,com, however I didn't make clean that src and it was massive .

I did fix it and there is, and has been for quite awhile now this package.. http://www.smokey01.com/01micko/lupu_kernel/kernel_src_L4-2.6.33.2-patched.sfs.. I thought you knew, there is a link on my dev page.

Cheers, and lets hope tomorrow is more fruitful.

[01micko]

double

[mories]

I think the problem is that needs to be done previously 'make modules_prepare' for prepare the kernel for building external modules.