ati-fglrx-module-2.6.33.3-tinycore.tcz is missing

[frimical]

hello
trying to install ati-catalyst it stopped with error when trying to download 'fglrx-module...' extension. It's missing in the repository list too.

thank you.

[Arslan S.]

hello
trying to install ati-catalyst it stopped with error when trying to download 'fglrx-module...' extension. It's missing in the repository list too.

thank you.

sorry i couldn't document installing ati drivers yet, i will get to it soon, though it is very easy

due to limitations in ATI LICENSE kernel module can not be distributed, to overcome this problem we distribute the source to build kernel module and an installer script to build kernel module so you need to build kernel module first

i have automated the process by writing a script, all you have to do:
load ati-fglrx-kernel-source.tcz extension
and execute ati-fglrx-kernel-module-installer with root priviliges

if everythin goes fine you will have your ati-fglrx-module-2.6.33.3-tinycore.tcz in your tce/optional folder

[frimical]

thnx a lot for your quick reply I was eagerly waiting for it.

I guessed it was related to some kind of a proprietary nonsense limitation.

I will follow your explanation and get you informed.

thanks again a lot for beeing around.

[frimical]

It worked pretty well as expected:
 1- fresh, right after building the module and
 2- after booting with a loop-loading install from my usb card (tce-load -il <my_usb_repo>)

but didn't work :
  3- after booting with a copy-install from my usb card (tce-load -ci <my_usb_repo>) which I usually use for all the other installed extensions without any problem
.
any hint?
thank you

[Arslan S.]

there are two important Xorg files that needs to be overwritten by ati-flgrx extension, this is done by tce.installed script in the case of mounting

mount ati-fglrx extension or make sure these two files belong to ati-fglrx

/usr/local/lib/libGL.so.1.2
/usr/local/lib/X11/modules/extensions/libglx.so

to permanently fix this issue either i have to rename these files and create symlinks to them on load time
or move them to another location and create symlinks

[mguru]

I was able to install the ati-fglrx driver module(Followed the instructions of Arslan in this thread) . When I generated my xorg.conf file and put driver as "fglrx", it bombed out (the X server start), the Xorg.log says
Warning, couldn't open module fglrx
Failed to load module "fglrx" (module does not exist,0)

When I do lsmod, the kernel module fglrx does get listed.

Any ideas ?