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[Bryan Smith <Bryan.Smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Zhao,

Have you read the install notes for the drivers particularly the 
following /"Note: You must be logged in with superuser privileges (as 
root or with sudo access) in order to successfully install the ATI 
Proprietary
Linux driver."/

I am wondering why the directory  /var/lib/dkms/fglrx directory is not 
present.   Is this because you are not running with superuser privileges 
and the install script could not create this directory along with it's 
contents?

You should be running the command (or something similar):
sudo ./ati-driver-installer-10-4-x86.x86_64.run

Please note the following howto:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI

I don't think I cam help you more.

Bryan

On 31/05/10 01:59, Zhao Zheng wrote:
> Bryan,
>
> Thanks for your explanation. I now see that my /var/lib/dkms/fglrx
> folder is actually deleted when the installer found error. But I managed
> to copy it from the source /usr/src/fglrx-8.723. Then I run 'sudo sh
> make.sh --nohints --uname_r=2.6.32-22-generic --norootcheck' at
> termnial. I changed the kernel version from 2.6.31-14 to 2.6.32-22 and
> now I see message  'build succeeded with return value 0'. However,
> nothing really changed after this 'make'.
>
> I have noticed that the file size you listed for libfglrx_ip* are 3MB but the ones I have is only 2MB:
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 2354408 2010-05-30 12:19 libfglrx_ip.a.GCC3
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 2354408 2010-05-30 12:19 libfglrx_ip.a.GCC4
> All the other file sizes are the same. Is it possible that you post these files so that I can give them a try?
>
> Post #48 suggests to link /etc/ati to /usr/lib/fglrx/etc/ati. But in my
> /usr/lib there is no such a folder called fglrx.
>
> I also compared my xorg.conf with Post #44. Did not see meaningful
> differences.
>
> In the meantime, I also made a fresh USB installer from a new download
> of Lucid. I tried to install the driver there and was hoping to get some
> good copy. But in the end it is the same.
>
> I also tried to install the driver using Jockey-gtk as discussed by post
> #14 and #43. I then ended up the same as using Synaptic, i.e. only a
> broken fglrxamdccc installed but not the real fglrx driver.
>
> I now feel it really hurt to update my Lucid...
>
>

-- 
fglrx fails at startup because of missing  amdpcsdb.default + removal leaves bad settings in Xorg.conf
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/440233
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