On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:51:34 -0700 Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Liam O'Toole wrote: > > On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:04:58 -0700 > > Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > [SNIP] > > > ... > > The next thing I would check is that various symlinks in /usr/lib/ > > point to the fglrx libraries rather than the mesa ones. You should > > at least look at /usr/lib/libGL.so* and /usr/lib/libGLcore.so*. The > > command 'strace fglrx' will help you to identify any others. > > I checked that before and it looks ok (diversion by fglrx-driver > to: /usr/lib/fglrx/diversions/libGL.so.1.2) however I did strace > fglrxinfo and here's what it revealed: > > open("/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri//fglrx_dri.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 > ENOENT (No such file or directory) > > it indeed is not in that directory (it's > in /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so). > > now imagine this, it turns out that ATI tools modified my > /etc/profile (2005/07/13 or before): > > ### START ATI FGLRX ### > ### Automatically modified by ATI Proprietary driver scripts > ### Please do not modify between START ATI FGLRX and END ATI FGLRX > ... > > doing nasty things with LD_LIBRARY_PATH, LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH which > is why it didn't work. One simple command (unset LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH) > and it works again. I would be really furious in your position. Presumably the Debian packages are better behaved. > > thanks a lot for the pointers! You're welcome. > > erik > > -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]