mandrake 10 and ati

It told you what you need to do:

You must go to /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod subdir
and execute './make.sh' to build a fully customed kernel module.
Afterwards go to /lib/modules/fglrx and run './make_install.sh'

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You probably need to install the kernel headers or kernel source package. It's trying to build the ATI module, but it can't without knowing how your kernel was built.

These lines give it away:
kernel includes at /usr/src/linux/include not found or incomplete
file: /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h

Kernel sources are usually put under /usr/src/linux, so install that from your distro (not from kernel.org - it won't be setup the same), and you should be good to go.

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There'll be a kernel-2.6.x-rXX-mdk.src.rpm file somewhere on your install disks. Just

rpm -i <file>

and it should do it for you. The name formatting might not look exactly like that, but I'm pretty sure it'll be similar.

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Right. That's the binary (compiled) package. The one you want is probably called kernel-source-2.6.3.4mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm. If you are having trouble finding it, launch RpmDrake through the Mandrake Control Center. It has a search feature in it. If looking for "kernel-source" doesn't find anything, try "urpmi kernel-source" to automagically install it (if your system "knows" about the package in it's database). Alternatively, you might have to grab the rpm off an ftp mirror. You can manually install the package with rpm -Uvh kernel-source-2.6.3.4mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm.

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The basic procedure is to install the drivers, run fglrxconfig and copy the XF86Config-4 file to /etc/X11. Then run

opengl-update ati

and restart your xserver by hitting <ctrl> + <backspace>

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I guess i did it right then.. maybe my direct rendering is just broke becuase it says it isn't on.

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[root@localhost Documents]# rpm -i kernel-2.4.25.2mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm
warning: user nplanel does not exist - using root
warning: group nplanel does not exist - using root
warning: user nplanel does not exist - using root
warning: group nplanel does not exist - using root
warning: user nplanel does not exist - using root
warning: group nplanel does not exist - using root
warning: user nplanel does not exist - using root
warning: group nplanel does not exist - using root
warning: user nplanel does not exist - using root
warning: group nplanel does not exist - using root
warning: user nplanel does not exist - using root
warning: group nplanel does not exist - using root
warning: user nplanel does not exist - using root
warning: group nplanel does not exist - using root
warning: user nplanel does not exist - using root
warning: group nplanel does not exist - using root
[root@localhost Documents]# cd /lib/modules/fglrx/
[root@localhost fglrx]# cd build_mod
[root@localhost build_mod]# dir
2.6.x agpgart_be.c firegl_public.c libfglrx_ip.a.GCC2 make.sh
agp3.c agpgart.h firegl_public.h libfglrx_ip.a.GCC3 nvidia-agp.c
agp_backend.h agp.h i7505-agp.c make.log
[root@localhost build_mod]# sh make.sh
ATI module generator V 2.0
==========================
initializing...
Error:
kernel includes at /usr/src/linux/include do not match current kernel.
they are versioned as ""
instead of "2.4.25-2mdk".
you might need to adjust your symlinks:
- /usr/include
- /usr/src/linux
[root@localhost build_mod]#

<sigh>
the link you provided was dead so i searched for the exact file name and downloaded it from somewhere else. should i be restarting inbetween these actions?

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there you go, and thank you all for putting up with my noobness! i also just learned that that grep command is a VERY usefull tool. i thought it just searched for text in document files.

[root@localhost james]# rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-source-2.6.3-4mdk
kernel-2.4.25.2mdk-1-1mdk
kernel-2.6.3.4mdk-1-1mdk
[root@localhost james]# uname -a
Linux localhost 2.4.25-2mdk #1 Tue Mar 2 07:39:08 CET 2004 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux
[root@localhost james]# ls -al /usr/src
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Apr 13 01:11 ./
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Apr 12 20:38 ../
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 13 01:35 ATI/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Apr 12 20:29 linux -> linux-2.6.3-4mdk/
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Apr 12 20:29 linux-2.6.3-4mdk/
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Apr 12 20:20 RPM/


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a few posts up i installed this package "kernel-2.4.25.2mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm" correct me if im wrong, but that is the same version number as my kernel? this is a fresh install, just did it yesterday. by default mandrake 10 installs the 2.6 kernel, if you select one of the dev packages it forces you down to 2.4 because of a compatibility issue. i knew that the ati drivers said specificaly they werent compatible with the 2.6 kernel so i made it install the 2.4. i dont understand these symlinks, could that be all i need to change to get it to recognise the other source files i want to use? is it a variable that is set for "linux"? how do i set it?

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It is the same version number but not the same package. I think I messed up the link as I copied the wrong one off the site I found. Doesn't matter though as I went back and the correct link was dead as well.

I've had my ati drivers working on a 2.6.x kernel, so maybe check that you have the latest version of those. Do you happen to have CD4 of your install disks?

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You can get a demo version of xwin32. Run it on your windows box and connect to linux.

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I would agree with Silverpig, if you can find the rpm for kernel-source-2.4.25-2mdk.i586.rpm and kernel-headers-2.4.25-2mdk.i586.rpm (if it exists) and install those, then make sure the /usr/src/linux soft link points to /usr/src/linux-2.4.25-2mdk, that should work. As for CD4, I could not find it either, and I didn't see it on Mandrake's site when I downloaded the software. If you go to the download page on Mandrake's website, they don't list an MD5SUM for CD4! But it definetly asked me for it during an install of it... very strange.
As far as the remote management goes, I would try one of the X tools for windows: xwin32 (not free), Cygwin (free), Hummingbird Xceed (not free), ReflectionX (not free). You will have to work with the linux host to setup xdmcp so that you can do a connection via that, but once you have that configured and use the X applications, you should be able to get a "Login" window to show up on your windows machine. Please note that this is not the preferred method of doing Linux work, since opening X up this way has inherent security risks, but it can be done.