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
