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"Fernando M. Roxo da Motta" <[log in to unmask]>
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Fernando M. Roxo da Motta
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Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:58:29 -0200
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  Hi all,


  I have SL 4.2 installed, in a HP zv5240, and updated via APT.   The
installed kernel packages are :

$ rpm -qa|grep kernel
kernel-smp-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL.i686
fortune-kernelcookies-1.0-37.2.el4.rf.i386
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL.i686
fortune-kernelnewbies-1.0-37.2.el4.rf.i386
kernel-doc-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL.noarch
kernel-smp-2.6.9-22.EL.i686
kernel-utils-2.4-13.1.69.i386


  I'm having problem with ATI Fglrx installation.    I've downloaded the
last version (fglrx_6_8_0-8.20.8-1.i386.rpm)  from ATI site.  The
installation and compilation of the RPM package went without problems.
During the kernel module load I get an error message :

FATAL: Error inserting fglrx
(/lib/modules/2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp/kernel/drivers/char/drm/fglrx.ko):
Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

dmesg says :

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


And the module don't load.


  Greping '/boot/System.map-2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp' I get :

# grep mm_tracking_struct /boot/System.map-2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp
c030d464 r __ksymtab_mm_tracking_struct
c0310008 r __kcrctab_mm_tracking_struct
c0310c86 r __kstrtab_mm_tracking_struct
c040c8c0 B mm_tracking_struct

# grep do_mm_track /boot/System.map-2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp
c011a423 T do_mm_track
c030d46c r __ksymtab_do_mm_track
c031000c r __kcrctab_do_mm_track
c0310c99 r __kstrtab_do_mm_track


  This looks like as some name mangling or something.  :(

  Do anyone have any hint about hou to solve this ?


  TIA



  Roxo

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