Hello,

we encountered a problem with the newest kernel for SL 4.x on our institute
cluster: after installing the new kernel-smp-2.6.9-78.0.22.EL.i686 on our
machines the ATI Catalyst 9.3/9.4 drivers crash when X is started. All kernel
modules have been rebuilt suiting to the new kernel. The Xorg.0.log shows
following error messages:

.....
(WW) fglrx(0): Only one display is connnected,so single mode is enabled
Symbol fbGetWinPrivateIndex from module
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol fbGetWinPrivateIndex from module
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol fbGetWinPrivateIndex from module
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol fbGetWinPrivateIndex from module
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol fbGetWinPrivateIndex from module
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol fbGetWinPrivateIndex from module
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol fbPictureInit from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.o is
unresolved!

   *** If unresolved symbols were reported above, they might not
   *** be the reason for the server aborting.

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting
.....


Switching back to kernel 2.6.9-78.0.17.EL or even much older versions and
rebuilding the fglrx kernel modules works fine.

Does anyone know what has happend to the new kernel? Why can the symbols (I
guess they have something to do with framebuffer access) not be resolved with
the newest kernel update? Actualy I would expect bug-fixes to be included in
the new kernels but no changes of interfaces etc.

Any ideas (or new kernel version) are welcome.

Cheers,

Michael.

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