Failure to get fglrx to build using Maverick kernel (kernel ppa)

Christopher Chan christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk
Tue Sep 14 03:04:50 UTC 2010


On Tuesday, September 14, 2010 10:53 AM, Deryl R. Doucette wrote:
> On 10-09-13 07:45 PM, Christopher Chan wrote:
>> On Tuesday, September 14, 2010 05:47 AM, Deryl R. Doucette wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've added the ppa kernel/ppa entry and updated my pkg cache. I downloaded:
>>>
>>> linux-headers-2.6.35-19
>>> linux-headers-2.6.35-19-generic
>>> linux-image-2.6.35-19-generic
>>>
>>> When I tried to build the fglrx ATI kernel module, I ran into the
>>> problem that the module would not build because it could not find the
>>> proper headers. Is there a variable or something I need to prepopulate
>>> to make it work, such that it can tell what kernel headers are to be used?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Are you already running 2.6.35-19? Is there a symlink to the headers
>> from the appropriate modules directory?
>>
>
> Did not realize that I had to symlink *anything* when using the
> packages. I know I do for source tarballs, but the packages are supposed
> to do that automatically.
>

I am not saying you have to...I was asking whether it was there. If not, 
and the kernel headers are in place, then the kernel/kernel headers 
packager needs some flogging.




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