[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#542140: fglrx-driver: fglrx driver doesn't work with linux-image-2.6.30 (AMD64)

[Gary Dale]

Package: fglrx-driver
Version: 1:9-2-2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

After doing a dist-upgrade a couple of days ago in which 
linux-image-2.6.30 was installed, the fglrx driver stopped working. I 
could no longer get into X. Removing and reinstalling the driver under 
the kernel didn't help.

Because the open source ATI drivers don't work, I'm left with the vesa 
driver as the only method for running X.

I've also tried the installation method at
http://www.debianadmin.com/how-to-install-ati-fglrx-driver-in-debian.html/comment-page-1#comment-3543
but it fails during the driver install while trying to overwrite 
libglx.so - and no amount of trying has let me get around the error. 
Even if libglx.so is removed, I still can't overwrite it!

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages fglrx-driver depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.27     Debian configuration 
management sy
ii  fglrx-glx                     1:9-2-2    proprietary libGL for the 
non-free
ii  laptop-detect                 0.13.7     attempt to detect a laptop
ii  libc6                         2.9-23     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdrm2                       2.4.12-1   Userspace interface to 
kernel DRM
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]      7.0.3-7    A free implementation of 
the OpenG
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.2.2-1  X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6                      2:1.0.4-1  X11 miscellaneous extension 
librar
ii  libxinerama1                  2:1.0.3-2  X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxrandr2                    2:1.3.0-2  X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                   1:0.9.4-2  X Rendering Extension 
client libra
ii  xserver-xorg                  1:7.3+19   the X.Org X server

Versions of packages fglrx-driver recommends:
ii  fglrx-atieventsd              1:9-2-2    external events daemon for 
the non
ii  fglrx-glx                     1:9-2-2    proprietary libGL for the 
non-free
pn  fglrx-glx-ia32                <none>     (no description available)
ii  fglrx-source                  1:9-2-2    kernel module source for 
the non-f

-- debconf information excluded