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

[Patrick Matthäi]

Gary Dale schrieb:
> 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!

??

We are _not_ supporting the debs resulted by the ati installer!

On Debian just do (but be sure to remove everything from your old 
installation):

# apt-get install fglrx-driver fglrx-glx fglrx-source module-assisstant
# m-a a-i fglrx

And that was it.