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Jacek Poplawski

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From: Poland

Registered: 2006-01-10

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ATI drivers without libGL

I need to install fglrx kernel module and xorg module, but without libGL stuff.

I can install package with kernel module, that's no problem.

Problem is that package with xorg module  (named ati-fglrx-utils) contains also fglrx-specific libGL and conflicts with libgl-dri.

I need to avoid this conflict, I need fglrx and DRI installed at same time.

The reason is little complex - DRI crashes on Radeon 9800, but there is a way to eliminate this crash - I need to run xorg once with fglrx driver (even without the 3D stuff).

Is there a way to have package ati-fglrx-utils without libGL or do I need to create new, alternative package? How can I modify ati-fglrx-utils?

PS. Sure, I can do it manually without package, but I want to make it "good"

Cerebral

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From: Waterloo, ON, CA

Registered: 2005-04-08

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Re: ATI drivers without libGL

You'd probably want to modify the existing package.  All you'd really have to do is remove the conflicts=(libgl) provides=(libgl) part, and at the bottom of the build function execute

rm $startdir/pkg/usr/lib/libGL.*

teto

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Registered: 2006-03-10

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Re: ATI drivers without libGL

you can also install fglrx driver first, and install libgl with -df flag.

# pacman -S ati-fglrx
# pacman -Sdf libgl-dri

Jacek Poplawski

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From: Poland

Registered: 2006-01-10

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Re: ATI drivers without libGL

Thank you both for useful responses.