[elrepo] Fglrx 11.5

[nux at li.nux.ro]

Phil Perry writes:

> On 09/06/11 17:19, nux at li.nux.ro wrote:
>> Phil Perry writes:
>>
>>> On 23/05/11 19:52, Phil Perry wrote:
>>>> On 23/05/11 07:38, nux at li.nux.ro wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone pack up latest fglrx for EL6? I'm available to test ASAP.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Nux!
>>>>> www.nux.ro
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sure - it's been on my todo list for a while. Marco has been maintaining
>>>> the el5 fglrx packages but we are still looking for someone who would
>>>> like to maintain these for el6.
>>>>
>>>> Have you tested the current 10.12 el6 driver, and how does that work for
>>>> you?
>>>>
>>>> Please would you open an issue on http://elrepo.org/bugs and we can
>>>> track it there.
>>>>
>>>> I might not get to it this week, but I should have more free time next
>>>> week (hopefully).
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Phil
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry for the delay, 11.5 packages for el6 are just on their way to the
>>> testing repository:
>>>
>>> http://elrepo.org/linux/testing/el6/
>>>
>>> kmod-fglrx-11.5-1.el6.elrepo.i686.rpm
>>> fglrx-x11-drv-11.5-1.el6.elrepo.i686.rpm
>>>
>>> kmod-fglrx-11.5-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
>>> fglrx-x11-drv-11.5-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
>>> fglrx-x11-drv-32bit-11.5-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
>>>
>>> fglrx-kmod-11.5-1.el6.elrepo.nosrc.rpm
>>> fglrx-x11-drv-11.5-1.el6.elrepo.src.rpm
>>>
>>>
>>> Please test and let us know how they work for you. If all is as expected
>>> then I'll move them over to the main repository.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Phil
>>
>> Phil,
>>
>> Sorry for the delay and many thanks for the effort but there seem to be
>> problems with the new driver. The errors I'm getting are:
>> PowerXpress error: Cannot stat '/usr/lib64/fglrx/switchlibGL': No such file or directory
>> Failed to initialize libglx for discrete GPU
>>
>> These errors go away when using the ATI installer (which I'm running right
>> now). Even though the errors are gone PowerExpress is not really
>> functioning, but this is another story and it's not something ElRepo can
>> fix. :-)
>> Anyway, your rpm leaves out some files as it seems.
>>
>> I tried the following on 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6.x86_64:
>> kmod-fglrx.x86_64 : fglrx kernel module(s)
>> fglrx-x11-drv.x86_64 : AMD's proprietary driver for ATI graphic cards
>> fglrx-x11-drv-32bit.x86_64 : Compatibility 32-bit files for the 64-bit
>> Proprietary AMD driver
>> - the packages from elrepo-testing
>> - also I tried with selinux in permissive mode as well, same result
>>
>> Happy to test whenever you have newer packages.
>>
>> Cheerio
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for testing and the feedback.
> 
> We run aticonfig in the %post install scriptlet, which now seems to call 
> a couple of additional scripts (new to 11.5) which we didn't package, 
> hence the error above.
> 
> With the ATI installer package installed, can you please show me:
> 
> ll /usr/lib64/fglrx/
> 
> and I'll try to get fixed packages available tomorrow (or over the weekend).
> 
> Thanks.

ll /usr/lib64/fglrx/
total 936
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 945456 Jun  9 16:28 fglrx-libGL.so.1.2
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root   5262 Jun  9 16:28 switchlibGL
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root   2859 Jun  9 16:28 switchlibglx

Thank you.