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

[Deryl R. Doucette]

On 10-09-13 11:04 PM, Christopher Chan wrote:
> 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.
> 

i'm gonna have to work on this. I'm going to use apt to download the
sources for everything and play from there. I really need to look at how
the kernel ppa debs do their thing. (I'm an old slackware boy when
EVERYTHING was done by hand, and I'm sort of caught in between pkg
management and hand crafting)

Thanks though. I think I'll try one more time and rerecord the errors
and see what the hell its bitching about specifically. It looks like
it's looking for some env var to be set describing the kernel it should
be built against, but that would negate multiple kernel installs for
DKMS modules if that were true.

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Deryl R. Doucette

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