[ltp] Ati 8.26.18 released on Jun-26-2006

[WSR]

I assume you did a --listpkg, then did a --buildpkg <pkgname>?

I haven't tried it w/ Debian, but with ubuntu this approach works fine 
assuming you have the required stuff installed beforehand. 

This page: http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu lists the 
apt-get'able packages you need for ubuntu.  I am not sure if this holds 
true for debian, but worth a shot.

Bad substitution error I think can be caused for a few reasons, but 
possibly poorly written scripts from ati :(

In gentoo I used the ebuild and it works pretty good.  By far the most 
complete ati-linux installation is SuSE/RHEL...

good luck.
-scott

Guarded Identity wrote:
> I've been running the limited generic drivers that come with X.org.  I've 
> always found ATI drivers to be an incredible hassle to install.  
>
> Has anybody using Debian found that this situation has improved?  Just to test 
> the waters, I went to 
> https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=1176 and got the 
> 22MB installer.  I tried to use it (sh ati-driver-installer-8.26.18-x86.run) 
> and got the following error:
>
> Creating directory fglrx-install
> Verifying archive integrity... All good.
> Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux 
> Driver-8.26.18..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
> -e ==================================================
> -e  ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager 
> -e ==================================================
>  ./ati-installer.sh: 163: Syntax error: Bad substitution
> Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install
>
> Certainly this isn't boosting my confidence that there aren't further problems 
> to deal with past this one.  Maybe someone running Debian has a recommended 
> approach to installing this new driver?
>
> - Sukant
>
>
> On Wednesday 28 June 2006 9:12 pm, WSR wsr-at-rushforthnetworks.com |
> LinuxThinkpad| wrote:
>   
>> https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.2
>> 6.18.html
>>
>> (OpenGL version string: 2.0.5879 (8.26.18))
>>
>> Those are the release notes.  Has anyone tried them yet?
>>
>> I just installed them on my T60, and "so far" no --set-powerstate
>> corruption.
>>
>> I learned that I get this only if I boot up on battery and do not start
>> the unit on A/C.  I tried that with these and it seemed stable.
>>
>> According to the release notes, it mentions that these drivers have some
>> new power management features such as thermal management, but only
>> active when you use atieventsd.
>>
>> Well on gentoo there is no atieventsd.  Same as of dapper (last I
>> tried).  On SuSE and RHEL it is installed by the suse package.  Anyone
>> have any clues on this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -Scott
>>