Installation of ATI graphics adapter driver

Problem:

• After running ati-driver-installer-X-X.run, the X-Server failed to start.

Solution:

• Read log file at /usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log
• Install the fglrx kernel module by running the following script: /lib/modules/fglrx/make_install.sh
• If this does not work, you can restore the previous settings by running aticonfig --initial -f as root

Note:

If the ATI driver fails to install after a system update of Debian, this may be caused by a function rename. The following workaround could help:

• Run the installer ati-driver-installer-X-X.run
• Go to the directory /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/
• Edit line 196 of the file kcl_ioctl.c from

return compat_alloc_user_space(size);

to

return arch_compat_alloc_user_space(size);

• Run the script make.sh out of this directory to build the fglrx kernel module
• Install the fglrx kernel module by running the following script: /lib/modules/fglrx/make_install.sh