[Grml] ATI drivers vs. Mesa(OT)
my
yazdzik at nyct.net
Thu May 25 22:42:47 CEST 2006
Mika,
Pardon, please the OT, but, since that method works perfectly on my
mission critical machines, but I am trying to build a test bed, will the
deb packages work if one has upgraded to xorg 7?
If so, do the gl apps work?
I e, I need xorg 7, fglrx drivers, with all 3d working.
Best,
Martin
On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 21:05 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote:
> * Werner Schuster (murphee) <werner.schuster at gmail.com> [20060525 20:39]:
>
> > I tried to get the fglrx-kernel-2.6.16-grml drivers for ATI, but it seems
> > like that creates problems with the install Mesa drivers, ie. I get the
> > following error:
>
> > Unpacking replacement fglrx-driver ...
> > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-driver_8.25.18-1_i386.deb
> > (--unpack):
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2', which is also in package
> > xlibmesa-gl
> > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>
> > Could I remove the Mesa libs? Removing the Mesa package doesn't work, because
> > that would remove half my system (even amarok depends on it).
>
> > What about removing the libGL.so.1.2 file, so that the fglrx can install its
> > version; if the driver causes trouble, would this make my system instable?
>
> The fglrx-driver package should take care of this and should add a
> diversion of /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 to
> /usr/lib/fglrx/diversions/libGl.so.1.2.
>
> This works for me:
>
> http://grml.org/tmp/gkrellShoot_05-25-06_210104.png
>
> Are you using Xorg 7.0? Is you system up2date?
> What does 'dpkg --get-selections | grep xlib' say?
>
> The last method to solve the problem would be a 'dpkg -i
> --force-overwrite ~deb/fglrx-driver_8.25.18-1_i386.deb'.
>
> regards,
> -mika-
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