ati fglrx modprobe fails - Unknown symbol try_to_freeze

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drjimmy42 · Post by **drjimmy42** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:31 pm

Whenever I modprobe fglrx with the new ati-drivers-8.35.5 I get

fglrx: module license 'Proprietary. (C) 2002 - ATI Technologies, Starnberg, GERMANY' taints kernel.
fglrx: Unknown symbol try_to_freeze

I rebuilt it several times but no love. I'm using the suspend2 sources and have been for a while. Any thoughts?

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Thu May 17, 2007 6:22 am

I'm having the same problem. Is it a fault of the suspend2 sources?

ok · Post by ok » Thu May 17, 2007 10:25 am

I had the same problem with suspend2-sources.
You have to apply the kernel 2.6.20 patches then it should work.
I commented out some lines in the ati-drivers-8.35.5.ebuild:

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        # These patches are conditional because they contain api changes.
        if kernel_is ge 2 6 19; then
                epatch "${FILESDIR}"/ati-drivers-${PV}-2.6.19.patch

# !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! need the 2.6.20 patches for suspend2 2.6.19 sources !!!!!!!!!!
#       fi
#       if kernel_is ge 2 6 20; then
                epatch "${FILESDIR}"/ati-drivers-2.6.20.patch
                epatch "${FILESDIR}"/ati-drivers-${PV}-2.6.20.patch
        fi

I know it is not the good way, but it works for me...

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Thu May 17, 2007 10:52 am

Wow, it was the kernel version all along. I finally unmasked version 2.6.21 and everything is fine now. Strange.

Evincar · Post by **Evincar** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:12 am

Sounds rare, because I am using suspend2-sources 2.6.18-r1 and it doesn't complain...

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:29 am

Evincar wrote:Sounds rare, because I am using suspend2-sources 2.6.18-r1 and it doesn't complain...

Yes, rare. It was 2.6.19 that did it.