ati-fglrx-8.14.13.1-0.lvn.5.4

Claude Jones claude_jones at levitjames.com
Mon Jul 18 20:21:59 UTC 2005


On Monday 18 July 2005 11:49 am, Jack Howarth wrote:
>      Does anyone understand how the livna fglrx rpms are supposed to
> handle the symlink for /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1? Everytime I upgrade
> the kernel-module-fglrx package with yum, I find this symlink is set
> to libGL.so.1.2.backup. However this doesn't seem to be the correct
> size for the copy installed at /usr/lib/ati-fglrx/libGL.so.1.2. Since
> ATI recommends using their libGL.so I find this very confusing. Instead
> it sets the symlink to libGL.so.1.2.backup which on my machine has
> an ancient timestamp of...
>
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 541976 Jun  2  2004 libGL.so.1.2.backup
>
> I have been manually resetting this symlink to...
>
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     31 Jul 18 11:48 libGL.so.1 ->
> /usr/lib/ati-fglrx/libGL.so.1.2
>
> What is supposed to be the correct behavior and how can I rid myself of
> ths stale libGL.so.1.2.backup shared libs properly. That is I don't
> understand who that file should belong to...it doesn't seem to be the
> correct size of either the file from xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU-6.8.2-37
> or from ati-fglrx-8.14.13.1-0.lvn.5.4. Thanks in advance for any
> clarifications.
>                      Jack

I'm watching this post with interest. I run several systems with the same 
driver as yours, using ATI 9200SE cards. I've had almost no problems with 
them till the recent upgrade to FC4. The box that I upgraded continues to 
work very well -  the box that turned into a fresh install is giving me 
problems. I am looking at your misspointed lib with interest, because the 
error I get is related to GL - I'll have to wait till I get home to try your 
fix - I'm still pretty new to Linux - could you explain a bit more fully how 
you're altering the link? Are those lines above commands? It looks like a 
command is lacking (sorry if this seems basic) - do they have to be run 
withing a specific directory?

I haven't had much luck getting help in this forum on the fglrx drivers - I've 
concluded that for most people, they just work, and those who really know 
about them aren't subscribed to this list - if you discover a better resource 
for help, please post it. 
-- 
Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA




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