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VoidExp

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Registered: 2007-05-17

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ATI Driver compiling error: linux/config.h does not exists.

Hi!
I've tried to build manually the ATI 8.28.8 official driver module, but without success... Make fails with a message that linux/config.h header does not exists, so all type definitions aren't available end so on... How can I fix this? ATI drivers in extra repository don't work, so the only way is to build them manually.

pjjanak

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Registered: 2008-08-17

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Re: ATI Driver compiling error: linux/config.h does not exists.

You have to install the kernel headers:

pacman -Sy kernel-headers

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VoidExp

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Registered: 2007-05-17

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Re: ATI Driver compiling error: linux/config.h does not exists.

I have already installed them.

$ pacman -Ql kernel-headers | grep config.h
kernel-headers /usr/include/linux/tipc_config.h
kernel-headers /usr/include/linux/virtio_config.h

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From: Pakistan

Registered: 2007-04-18

Posts: 108

Re: ATI Driver compiling error: linux/config.h does not exists.

May be you should wait for the kernel-headers pkg for 2.6.27  (Just  a guess )

VoidExp

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Registered: 2007-05-17

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Re: ATI Driver compiling error: linux/config.h does not exists.

I don't know. Well, while I'm waiting for new kernel-headers, can someone tell me how I can install proprietary ATI drivers? When I try to launch the script ati-installer-8.28.8.sh it fails with a message that it can't find Xorg.

X -version

reports that X.Org Server version is 1.4.2... I thought that it was something like 7.1...

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From: Pakistan

Registered: 2007-04-18

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Re: ATI Driver compiling error: linux/config.h does not exists.

The driver version you are trying to compile is quite old (it's official page recommends Xorg version uptil 7.1). You might know that now we have Xorg 7.4 in testing, which would soon be available for general use.

If you *desperately* need to compile that driver, you should try copying a config.h from some older kernel-headers pkg (if possible, I doubt it though) into ur current setup.

I use open-source driver for my card (a bit older than yours may be) and it gives me 3D acceleration, so I never needed compiling one though.

Last edited by Onwards (2008-10-18 10:51:12)

VoidExp

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Registered: 2007-05-17

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Re: ATI Driver compiling error: linux/config.h does not exists.

Now I'm also using open source driver, and it also provides me OpenGL acceleration,but it's quite slow.. Something about 500 FPS Can you tell me how I can improve my performance?

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From: Pakistan

Registered: 2007-04-18

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Re: ATI Driver compiling error: linux/config.h does not exists.

Well, I personally "bank on" Xorg's autodetection capability, where it tries to configure your Card in the best way possible (some options aren't known to be stable, so they may be left out, but IMO there'sn't much room for further fine-tuning). I don't even have an xorg.conf.