Re: [gentoo-user] Bug 246672 ATI-DRIVERS

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Mittwoch 26 November 2008, James wrote:
> I've got an ati/amd64 system that no matter what combo
> of xorg-server, xorg-x11 and ati-drivers, I cannot get
> it to work.
>
> lspci shows:
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc
> RD580 [CrossFire Xpress 3200]
> Chipset
> Host Bridge
> 00:02.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI-X Root Port
> 00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
>
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc
> R580 [Radeon X1900 XT](Primary)
> 01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc
> R580 [Radeon X1900 XT] (Secondary)
>
>
> It all worked fine until an update a few days ago.
>
> I do not need the latest version of anything just something that works.
>
>
> Any suggestions are most appreciated
>
> Currently the system is booted and kde is working but I removed
> ati-drivers trying to fix it. Now I cannot get any version of
> ati-drivers to work, despite trying the latest ideas in bug 246672.
>
>
> Any help is appreciated. Precise version numbers of xorg-server
> xorg-x11 and ati-drivers is what I really need. Just advise
> on a combo that works with a r580 chipset.
>
>
> James

 x11-base/xorg-server
 Installed versions:  1.5.2

media-libs/mesa
Installed versions:  7.2

x11-base/xorg-x11
Installed versions:  7.4

x11-drivers/ati-drivers
Installed versions:  8.552-r2

Re: [gentoo-user] Bug 246672 ATI-DRIVERS

[Rodolphe Rocca]

James wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> One of my (ati) systems has been screwed up a few days now because of
> bug 246672.
> 
> Long story short, I have no ati-drivers installed and when I try to
> emerge it, I get:
> 
> Cannot write to '/usr/lib32/opengl/ati/extensions'
> Please check permissions and directories for broken symlinks
> 
> 
> Obviously, I've tried all sorts of things but 
> ati-drivers-8.552-r2 just won't compile.
> 
> 

You must first unmerge ati-drivers : it will properly delete files and
this directory too. Then emerge ati-drivers.

Re: [gentoo-user] Bug 246672 ATI-DRIVERS

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Dienstag 25 November 2008, James wrote:
> Hello,
>
> One of my (ati) systems has been screwed up a few days now because of
> bug 246672.
>
> Long story short, I have no ati-drivers installed and when I try to
> emerge it, I get:
>
> Cannot write to '/usr/lib32/opengl/ati/extensions'
> Please check permissions and directories for broken symlinks

go to /usr/lib32/opengl/ati/ and remoce extensions dir or symlink or whatever 
it is. Retry.