PH wrote:
> Ok, I get the newest FGLRX driver for x86 from ATI, run it with --buildpkg
> Slackware/All and then it makes the tgz files as intended. So far so good.
>
> Next I install the tgz files and that seems to go ok except I get a single
> error after executing install script for fglrx-x710-8.38.6-x86-1. The
> error is: WARNING: /dev/shm is not mounted, see the file /usr/share/doc/
> fglrx/articles/devshm.html.
>
> So I look at that file, and do what it says, so that's cool.
>
> Then I do the standard aticonfig --initial, and I get the following dump:
>
> root@DARTHTATER:~# aticonfig --initial
> Uninitialised file found, configuring.
> Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> Saved back-up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original-2
> *** glibc detected *** aticonfig: munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer:
> 0xbff2d751 ***
> ======= Backtrace: =========
> /lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0x1b9)[0xb7d17219]
> aticonfig[0x8051ce7]
> aticonfig[0x8052065]
> aticonfig[0x8055a48]
> aticonfig[0x804985e]
> aticonfig[0x80496cb]
> /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xd8)[0xb7cc1df8]
> aticonfig[0x8049601]
> ======= Memory map: ========
> 08048000-0806a000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 12551609 /usr/bin/aticonfig
> 0806a000-0806d000 rw-p 00021000 08:02 12551609 /usr/bin/aticonfig
> 0806d000-0808e000 rw-p 0806d000 00:00 0 [heap]
> b7c85000-b7c86000 rw-p b7c85000 00:00 0
> b7c86000-b7c8a000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 12486170 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
> b7c8a000-b7c8b000 rw-p 00003000 08:02 12486170 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
> b7c8b000-b7c8c000 rw-p b7c8b000 00:00 0
> b7c8c000-b7c8e000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 24674375 /lib/libdl-2.5.so
> b7c8e000-b7c90000 rw-p 00001000 08:02 24674375 /lib/libdl-2.5.so
> b7c90000-b7ca6000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 12486317 /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1.0.0
> b7ca6000-b7ca7000 rw-p 00016000 08:02 12486317 /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1.0.0
> b7ca7000-b7ca8000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 12486325 /usr/lib/libxcb-
> xlib.so.0.0.0
> b7ca8000-b7ca9000 rw-p 00000000 08:02 12486325 /usr/lib/libxcb-
> xlib.so.0.0.0
> b7ca9000-b7cab000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 12486138 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
> b7cab000-b7cac000 rw-p 00001000 08:02 12486138 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
> b7cac000-b7de8000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 24674372 /lib/libc-2.5.so
> b7de8000-b7de9000 r--p 0013c000 08:02 24674372 /lib/libc-2.5.so
> b7de9000-b7deb000 rw-p 0013d000 08:02 24674372 /lib/libc-2.5.so
> b7deb000-b7dee000 rw-p b7deb000 00:00 0
> b7dee000-b7e13000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 24674376 /lib/libm-2.5.so
> b7e13000-b7e15000 rw-p 00024000 08:02 24674376 /lib/libm-2.5.so
> b7e15000-b7e16000 rw-p b7e15000 00:00 0
> b7e16000-b7efa000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 12486125 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
> b7efa000-b7efe000 rw-p 000e3000 08:02 12486125 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
> b7efe000-b7f0b000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 12486179 /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0
> b7f0b000-b7f0c000 rw-p 0000c000 08:02 12486179 /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0
> b7f0c000-b7f13000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 12486234 /usr/lib/
> libXrender.so.1.3.0
> b7f13000-b7f14000 rw-p 00006000 08:02 12486234 /usr/lib/
> libXrender.so.1.3.0
> b7f14000-b7f19000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 12486231 /usr/lib/
> libXrandr.so.2.1.0
> b7f19000-b7f1a000 rw-p 00004000 08:02 12486231 /usr/lib/
> libXrandr.so.2.1.0
> b7f2a000-b7f34000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 19005533 /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
> b7f34000-b7f35000 rw-p 00009000 08:02 19005533 /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
> b7f35000-b7f37000 rw-p b7f35000 00:00 0
> b7f37000-b7f52000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 24674414 /lib/ld-2.5.so
> b7f52000-b7f54000 rw-p 0001b000 08:02 24674414 /lib/ld-2.5.so
> bff19000-bff2e000 rw-p bff19000 00:00 0 [stack]
> ffffe000-fffff000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso]
> Aborted
>
> Ideas? (Sorry to bug you guys with what may be a noob question, but that's
> what I am, I only have a year or so of Linux experience under my belt.)
>
> PH

Deride me for a nvidia fan boy if you want, but gave up in ATI/Linux ages ago. Sell
or trade the card in and get one with a nice nivdia gpu. OPENGL support is a bit
better imho.