Can't Install Catalyst 8.12 Or 8.11 On Intrepid

[miladinoski 1]

I am in trouble because I don't have 3D acceleration after I upgraded to Ubuntu 8.10.

 

I can't build the packages for the proprietary drivers (8.12 and I also tried with 8.11 - the only 2 that support Intrepid) for my ATI Radeon Xpress 200M integrated chip on my laptop, here's what I get when I try to build them (this is the older 8.11 release, but the same happens with the newer one too ): http://pastebin.com/f7991078c?

 

Too long if I try to paste it here, sorry

 

And I also get this when I try to run glxgears and/or anything that demands acceleration (either 2D or 3D):?

 

CONSOLE

whiteeagle@whiteeagle-laptop:~$ glxgears

glxgears: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory whiteeagle@whiteeagle-laptop:~$

 

Here is the dir listing of /usr/lib/libGL:

 

 

CONSOLE

whiteeagle@whiteeagle-laptop:~$ ls /usr/lib/libGL*/usr/lib/libGLEW.so.1.4 /usr/lib/libGL.so /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1

/usr/lib/libGLEW.so.1.4.0 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1.3.070200

/usr/lib/libGLEW.so.1.5 /usr/lib/libGLU.a

/usr/lib/libGLEW.so.1.5.0 /usr/lib/libGLU.so

whiteeagle@whiteeagle-laptop:~$

 

 

Thanks very much guys, I hope we'll find a solution

Edited December 14, 2008 by miladinoski (see edit history)

[rvalkass 5]

This appears to be the error in the installation:

#dh_shlibdeps -pxorg-driver-fglrx "-Xlib32" #dpkg-shlibdeps: failure: couldn't find library libGL.so.1 needed by debian/xorg-driver-fglrx/usr/sbin/atieventsd (its RPATH is '').
#Note: libraries are not searched in other binary packages that do not have any shlibs or symbols file.
#To help dpkg-shlibdeps find private libraries, you might need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
#dh_shlibdeps: command returned error code 512
#make: *** [binary-predeb-IMPL/xorg-driver-fglrx] Error 1
#dpkg-buildpackage: failure: fakeroot debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2

There appear to be discussions here, here and here. Take a look and see if their solutions work for you. They are all a similar problem to yours, even if for slightly outdated versions of both Ubuntu and the driver. If not, you can always try contacting ATI for help.

[miladinoski 1]

Thanks rvalkass for your kind response, I will gladly see the offered solutions, as I really am bothered by this problem because I can't play a single game or run Google Earth

 

I asked the same question as here on Phoronix forums and I did recieve 2 repsonses but their solving methods didn't work for my bad.

 

I am now actually looking at the Solution B from here and I will post my experiences here later.

 

Thanks again

[miladinoski 1]

Nevermind everyone I solved it by removing the nVidia drivers, and reseting to mesa, and after that I installed the ATI drivers 'the Ubuntu way' rebooted, reverted to a working backup of xorg.conf which I used in the past, running aticonfig --initial and rebooting.Now I get this when I run fglrxinfo in terminal:

CONSOLE

whiteeagle@whiteeagle-laptop:~$ fglrxinfodisplay: :0.0??screen: 0OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon Xpress SeriesOpenGL version string: 2.1.8201 Releasewhiteeagle@whiteeagle-laptop:~$

As is to me, this question is resolved. Thanks rvalkass, a lot! Edited December 14, 2008 by miladinoski (see edit history)