Upgraded the kernel to the latest, then tried to rebuild the proprietary Catalyst driver for a Radeon HD 4550 on a Dell Optiplex 980.
The install dies, with a c error. Anyone else out there succeed in building one on the 2.6.18-194.17.1.el5-x86_64 kernel? I went to the ATI website, and the "installation instructions" include that it needs a) 32 bit software (which? dunno) and b) a couple of Xfree86 packages (huh? why? dunno, probably they haven't updated this page in years).
Btw, it's fine for single head, but a relatively ordinary dual-head setup, with what Nvidia calls "individual desktops" ("spanning" seems to mean the same thing on both monitors). The xorg driver seems to work for single head, but no joy with dual head.
For that matter, anyone have any contacts? I'm still mousing around the ATI website trying to find an appropriate contact.
mark
This is a known issue. The next proprietary ATI driver is due to be released sometime next month and will correct it.
----- Original Message ----- | Upgraded the kernel to the latest, then tried to rebuild the | proprietary | Catalyst driver for a Radeon HD 4550 on a Dell Optiplex 980. | | The install dies, with a c error. Anyone else out there succeed in | building one on the 2.6.18-194.17.1.el5-x86_64 kernel? I went to the | ATI | website, and the "installation instructions" include that it needs a) | 32 | bit software (which? dunno) and b) a couple of Xfree86 packages (huh? | why? | dunno, probably they haven't updated this page in years). | | Btw, it's fine for single head, but a relatively ordinary dual-head | setup, | with what Nvidia calls "individual desktops" ("spanning" seems to mean | the | same thing on both monitors). The xorg driver seems to work for single | head, but no joy with dual head. | | For that matter, anyone have any contacts? I'm still mousing around | the | ATI website trying to find an appropriate contact. | | mark | | _______________________________________________ | CentOS mailing list | CentOS@centos.org | http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
James A. Peltier wrote:
This is a known issue. The next proprietary ATI driver is due to be released sometime next month and will correct it.
Oh, *great*. So I wait a month before I can get his system running a security-fixed kernel....
Btw, while I was waiting for a reply, I created an account on their website for their fora... and then I can't find a way to post.... <rolls eyes>
Thanks, James.
mark
----- Original Message ----- | Upgraded the kernel to the latest, then tried to rebuild the | proprietary | Catalyst driver for a Radeon HD 4550 on a Dell Optiplex 980. | | The install dies, with a c error. Anyone else out there succeed in | building one on the 2.6.18-194.17.1.el5-x86_64 kernel? I went to the | ATI | website, and the "installation instructions" include that it needs a) | 32 | bit software (which? dunno) and b) a couple of Xfree86 packages (huh? | why? | dunno, probably they haven't updated this page in years). | | Btw, it's fine for single head, but a relatively ordinary dual-head | setup, | with what Nvidia calls "individual desktops" ("spanning" seems to mean | the | same thing on both monitors). The xorg driver seems to work for single | head, but no joy with dual head. | | For that matter, anyone have any contacts? I'm still mousing around | the | ATI website trying to find an appropriate contact. | | mark | | _______________________________________________ | CentOS mailing list | CentOS@centos.org | http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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No problem. It was 6 hours of troubleshooting for me. This is certainly why I hate proprietary drivers. I haven't had any problems with nVidia that I can recall.
----- Original Message ----- | James A. Peltier wrote: | > This is a known issue. The next proprietary ATI driver is due to be | > released sometime next month and will correct it. | > | Oh, *great*. So I wait a month before I can get his system running a | security-fixed kernel.... | | Btw, while I was waiting for a reply, I created an account on their | website for their fora... and then I can't find a way to post.... | <rolls | eyes> | | Thanks, James. | | mark | > ----- Original Message ----- | > | Upgraded the kernel to the latest, then tried to rebuild the | > | proprietary | > | Catalyst driver for a Radeon HD 4550 on a Dell Optiplex 980. | > | | > | The install dies, with a c error. Anyone else out there succeed in | > | building one on the 2.6.18-194.17.1.el5-x86_64 kernel? I went to | > | the | > | ATI | > | website, and the "installation instructions" include that it needs | > | a) | > | 32 | > | bit software (which? dunno) and b) a couple of Xfree86 packages | > | (huh? | > | why? | > | dunno, probably they haven't updated this page in years). | > | | > | Btw, it's fine for single head, but a relatively ordinary | > | dual-head | > | setup, | > | with what Nvidia calls "individual desktops" ("spanning" seems to | > | mean | > | the | > | same thing on both monitors). The xorg driver seems to work for | > | single | > | head, but no joy with dual head. | > | | > | For that matter, anyone have any contacts? I'm still mousing | > | around | > | the | > | ATI website trying to find an appropriate contact. | > | | > | mark | > | | > | _______________________________________________ | > | CentOS mailing list | > | CentOS@centos.org | > | http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos | > | > -- | > -- | > James A. Peltier | > Systems Analyst (FASNet), VIVARIUM Technical Director | > Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus | > Phone : 778-782-6573 | > Fax : 778-782-3045 | > E-Mail : jpeltier@sfu.ca | > Website : http://www.fas.sfu.ca | http://vivarium.cs.sfu.ca | > MSN : subatomic_spam@hotmail.com | > | > Does your OS has a man 8 lart? | > http://www.xinu.nl/unix/humour/asr-manpages/lart.html | > | > | > _______________________________________________ | > CentOS mailing list | > CentOS@centos.org | > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos | > | | | _______________________________________________ | CentOS mailing list | CentOS@centos.org | http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
James A. Peltier wrote:
----- Original Message ----- | James A. Peltier wrote: | > This is a known issue. The next proprietary ATI driver is due to be | > released sometime next month and will correct it. | > | Oh, *great*. So I wait a month before I can get his system running a | security-fixed kernel.... | | Btw, while I was waiting for a reply, I created an account on their | website for their fora... and then I can't find a way to post.... | <rolls | eyes> | | Thanks, James. No problem. It was 6 hours of troubleshooting for me. This is certainly why I hate proprietary drivers. I haven't had any problems with nVidia that I can recall.
Don't get me started on nVidia. I reinstall an *old* driver, because my card's too old, and I have to do it for several other users, every time I update the kernel.
mark, 173, the 96 is for someone else, and....
| | mark | > ----- Original Message ----- | > | Upgraded the kernel to the latest, then tried to rebuild the | > | proprietary | > | Catalyst driver for a Radeon HD 4550 on a Dell Optiplex 980. | > | | > | The install dies, with a c error. Anyone else out there succeed in | > | building one on the 2.6.18-194.17.1.el5-x86_64 kernel? I went to | > | the | > | ATI | > | website, and the "installation instructions" include that it needs | > | a) | > | 32 | > | bit software (which? dunno) and b) a couple of Xfree86 packages | > | (huh? | > | why? | > | dunno, probably they haven't updated this page in years). | > | | > | Btw, it's fine for single head, but a relatively ordinary | > | dual-head | > | setup, | > | with what Nvidia calls "individual desktops" ("spanning" seems to | > | mean | > | the | > | same thing on both monitors). The xorg driver seems to work for | > | single | > | head, but no joy with dual head. | > | | > | For that matter, anyone have any contacts? I'm still mousing | > | around | > | the | > | ATI website trying to find an appropriate contact. | > | | > | mark | > | | > | _______________________________________________ | > | CentOS mailing list | > | CentOS@centos.org | > | http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos | > | > -- | > -- | > James A. Peltier | > Systems Analyst (FASNet), VIVARIUM Technical Director | > Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus | > Phone : 778-782-6573 | > Fax : 778-782-3045 | > E-Mail : jpeltier@sfu.ca | > Website : http://www.fas.sfu.ca | http://vivarium.cs.sfu.ca | > MSN : subatomic_spam@hotmail.com | > | > Does your OS has a man 8 lart? | > http://www.xinu.nl/unix/humour/asr-manpages/lart.html | > | > | > _______________________________________________ | > CentOS mailing list | > CentOS@centos.org | > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos | > | | | _______________________________________________ | CentOS mailing list | CentOS@centos.org | http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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----- Original Message ----- | James A. Peltier wrote: | > | > ----- Original Message ----- | > | James A. Peltier wrote: | > | > This is a known issue. The next proprietary ATI driver is due to | > | > be | > | > released sometime next month and will correct it. | > | > | > | Oh, *great*. So I wait a month before I can get his system running | > | a | > | security-fixed kernel.... | > | | > | Btw, while I was waiting for a reply, I created an account on | > | their | > | website for their fora... and then I can't find a way to post.... | > | <rolls | > | eyes> | > | | > | Thanks, James. | > No problem. It was 6 hours of troubleshooting for me. This is | > certainly | > why I hate proprietary drivers. I haven't had any problems with | > nVidia | > that I can recall. | | Don't get me started on nVidia. I reinstall an *old* driver, because | my | card's too old, and I have to do it for several other users, every | time I | update the kernel. | | mark, 173, the 96 is for someone else, and....
Oh I know. I add a script to the bottom of /etc/rc.local which will rebuild the driver after each patch. You can also use the nVidia driver package as part of rpmforge or rpmfusion which uses DKMS to build the driver for you on each reboot.
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On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 1:00 PM, James A. Peltier jpeltier@sfu.ca wrote:
You can also use the nVidia driver package as part of rpmforge or rpmfusion which uses DKMS to build the driver for you on each reboot.
You don't have to build for each kernel update if you use kernel version independent, kABI-tracking kmod packages from ELRepo:
http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-nvidia
The DKMS version of Nvidia driver at rpmforge is not being actively maintained and will be deprecated in favor of kmods.
Akemi
Akemi Yagi wrote:
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 1:00 PM, James A. Peltier jpeltier@sfu.ca wrote:
You can also use the nVidia driver package as part of rpmforge or rpmfusion which uses DKMS to build the driver for you on each reboot.
You don't have to build for each kernel update if you use kernel version independent, kABI-tracking kmod packages from ELRepo:
http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-nvidia
The DKMS version of Nvidia driver at rpmforge is not being actively maintained and will be deprecated in favor of kmods.
Um, has anyone successfully set up a twin-headed machine with the oss driver for nvidia? With a second screen beside the first (sorry, monitor 1 to the right of monitor 0 <g>), not duplicating the first monitor?
mark "why do you *think* I'm using the proprietary one?"
m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Akemi Yagi wrote:
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 1:00 PM, James A. Peltierjpeltier@sfu.ca wrote:
You can also use the nVidia driver package as part of rpmforge or rpmfusion which uses DKMS to build the driver for you on each reboot.
You don't have to build for each kernel update if you use kernel version independent, kABI-tracking kmod packages from ELRepo:
http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-nvidia
The DKMS version of Nvidia driver at rpmforge is not being actively maintained and will be deprecated in favor of kmods.
Um, has anyone successfully set up a twin-headed machine with the oss driver for nvidia? With a second screen beside the first (sorry, monitor 1 to the right of monitor 0<g>), not duplicating the first monitor?
mark "why do you *think* I'm using the proprietary one?"
the elrepo driver (and the old rpmforge dkms, which is deprecated in favor of the elrepo kABI-independant version) *is* the proprietary driver. check it out and *then* complain if it doesn't work, I doubt that will happen :-)
Akemi Yagi wrote:
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 1:00 PM, James A. Peltier jpeltier@sfu.ca wrote:
You can also use the nVidia driver package as part of rpmforge or rpmfusion which uses DKMS to build the driver for you on each reboot.
You don't have to build for each kernel update if you use kernel version independent, kABI-tracking kmod packages from ELRepo:
http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-nvidia
The DKMS version of Nvidia driver at rpmforge is not being actively maintained and will be deprecated in favor of kmods.
I've been using the nVidia installer. Since you pointed that out, I'm checking with my manager to see if he's willing to let me add that repository on the workstations with nVidia cards, and then I'll have to test it on my own system (there goes another hour....)
mark
m.roth@5-cent.us wrote, On 10/08/2010 02:55 PM:
James A. Peltier wrote:
This is a known issue. The next proprietary ATI driver is due to be released sometime next month and will correct it.
Oh, *great*. So I wait a month before I can get his system running a security-fixed kernel....
[Fun options] Or see if you can take the SRPMs (from last kernel and the new one) and put back the needed functions with out reintroducing the code that was fixed for the security reasons. Or take the patch(s) for *JUST* the CVE's from this kernel and put them into the SRPM for the previous kernel.
[Toooo much fun option] Or see if you can mod the available ATI code to use reasonably correct new functions.
[pain option] force X (mod /etc/X11/xorg.conf) to use either VESA or the supporting OSS driver in the interim. (should still work, but sometimes more slowly)
* says the guy who lives with what the distro provides, so that the larger pain of keeping up with the proprietary drivers can be avoided, even with nVidia equipment *
Btw, while I was waiting for a reply, I created an account on their website for their fora... and then I can't find a way to post.... <rolls eyes>
Thanks, James.
mark----- Original Message ----- | Upgraded the kernel to the latest, then tried to rebuild the | proprietary | Catalyst driver for a Radeon HD 4550 on a Dell Optiplex 980. |
Todd Denniston wrote:
m.roth@5-cent.us wrote, On 10/08/2010 02:55 PM:
James A. Peltier wrote:
This is a known issue. The next proprietary ATI driver is due to be released sometime next month and will correct it.
Oh, *great*. So I wait a month before I can get his system running a security-fixed kernel....
[Fun options]
<snip>
[Toooo much fun option]
<snip>
My manager would not appreciate me doing either.
[pain option] force X (mod /etc/X11/xorg.conf) to use either VESA or the supporting OSS driver in the interim. (should still work, but sometimes more slowly)
- says the guy who lives with what the distro provides, so that the larger
pain of keeping up with the proprietary drivers can be avoided, even
with nVidia
equipment *
See my last email comments on nVidia. <snip> --
Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter
Right, and I'm in a civilian sector part of the gov't (and not supposed to Represent Myself As Speaking For....)
mark
BTW: If you choose the previous kernel entry, build the driver you will see that it built fine. The issue is that some functions were removed/renamed in the latest kernel update that the driver uses.
----- Original Message ----- | Upgraded the kernel to the latest, then tried to rebuild the | proprietary | Catalyst driver for a Radeon HD 4550 on a Dell Optiplex 980. | | The install dies, with a c error. Anyone else out there succeed in | building one on the 2.6.18-194.17.1.el5-x86_64 kernel? I went to the | ATI | website, and the "installation instructions" include that it needs a) | 32 | bit software (which? dunno) and b) a couple of Xfree86 packages (huh? | why? | dunno, probably they haven't updated this page in years). | | Btw, it's fine for single head, but a relatively ordinary dual-head | setup, | with what Nvidia calls "individual desktops" ("spanning" seems to mean | the | same thing on both monitors). The xorg driver seems to work for single | head, but no joy with dual head. | | For that matter, anyone have any contacts? I'm still mousing around | the | ATI website trying to find an appropriate contact. | | mark | | _______________________________________________ | CentOS mailing list | CentOS@centos.org | http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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