[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#418338: fglrx-driver: Adding missing file in /eta/ati seems to fix the bug

[Luca Niccoli]

Package: fglrx-driver
Version: 1:8-4-1
Followup-For: Bug #418338

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It seems that the lockup is due to x authorization problems in atieventsd.
As the man page reads, atieventsd needs an authorization handler, and by default looks for it in /etc/ati/authatieventsd.sh; this file is missing in 
debian, thoug present in the ati archives.
Moreover, the file provided by ati seems to be bugged too, having problems with some session managers:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/118605
Just copying the file from the ati archives in /eta/ati and patching it with http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12737164/authatieventsd.patch
completely solved the problem for me (I'm using gdm and xfce); probably the bug it's not definitely fixed yet, there could still be problems with kdm 
according to what I read  in that bug report, but I'm quite sure the authorization handler it's needed anyway; at most it needs to be fine tuned for 
the xauth file paths according to the running session manager.

Cheers
Luca

- -- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages fglrx-driver depends on:
ii  fglrx-glx                    1:8-4-1     proprietary libGL for the non-free
ii  libc6                        2.7-10      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]     7.0.3~rc2-2 A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libx11-6                     2:1.0.3-7   X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6                     2:1.0.4-1   X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxrandr2                   2:1.2.2-1   X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                  1:0.9.4-1   X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  xserver-xorg                 1:7.3+10    the X.Org X server

Versions of packages fglrx-driver recommends:
ii  fglrx-glx               1:8-4-1          proprietary libGL for the non-free
ii  fglrx-kernel-2.6.24-1-6 1:8-4-1+2.6.24-5 ATI binary kernel module for Linux
ii  fglrx-kernel-src        1:8-4-1          kernel module source for the non-f

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