Public bug reported: There seems to be a packaging bug in Catalyst that bites Ubuntu 9.10.
I previously added comments to bug 464525, but ATI's Felix Kuehling thinks that's actually a separate bug. I also reported this to ATI already: http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1695, where Felix got me to try the --install method of installing the drivers, which worked. (Thanks.) So I'm filing this new bug; I hope the tags I selected are ok. On an AMD64 Karmic system, fglrx installs and works fine (2D desktop, and Xv), but OpenGL doesn't work: pe...@tesla:~$ fglrxinfo -v Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual! Visual ID: 23 depth=24 class=TrueColor bufferSize=4096 level=0 renderType=ci doubleBuffer=0 stereo=1258649631 rgba: redSize=684153483 greenSize=0 blueSize=1258649631 alphaSize=0 auxBuffers=0 depthSize=694153503 stencilSize=0 accum: redSize=1258649631 greenSize=0 blueSize=694153503 alphaSize=0 multiSample=0 multiSampleBuffers=0 Opaque. ...(same garbage values in all the other visuals) 32bit processes have no problem, e.g. nexuiz-linux-686-glx runs just fine. But any 64bit process won't find any usable Visuals, and fail. Installing Catalyst 9.11 with sudo ati-driver- installer-9-11-x86.x86_64.run --install produces a fully working setup. 64bit processes work just as well as 32bit. The packages built by ati- driver-installer-9-11-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/karmic have the amd64 problem, the same as Catalyst 9.10, and the fglrx-installer 2:8.660-0ubuntu4 packages shipped in Ubuntu 9.10. So, Ubuntu's currently-shipping fglrx is broken on AMD64, except for running i386 programs (including wine, BTW). For more details and my xorg.0.log, see http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1695 ** Affects: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: 3d amd64 packaging regression-release -- OpenGL broken for amd64 (packaging problem) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/486486 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp