It’s Working!

Scratch install.  Update the repositories (no actual system update or upgrade).  Add the repositories for Cinelerra.  Apt-get blah blah, execute the install instructions for VMWare tools (so as to get some reasonable performance)

Seems that Cinelerra is still not in the default repositories. Same was true for VMWare tools.

Damned if I know why a year old distro wouldn’t have Cinelerra and requires you to compile VMware tools.  Strange too that VMWare-player is available in the repositories, but VMWare tools is not.

Cinelerra and VMWare Tools Successfully Installed

Nearly picture perfect.   Of course apt-get install vmware-tools and the like didn’t work.  See the following for more info about installing VMWare Tools on Ubuntu 7.10

http://www.linux.com/feature/119570/

Not too painful.  Quirky.  But not too painful.

VMWare tools is working!

My only complaint is that my MP3 player skipped in Windows while rebooting Linux.  I guess that happens when you’re on a 6 year old machine with under a GB of RAM.

Success! Cinelerra on my VMWare environment

I wonder if it actually works?

The next problem is that VMWare Server does not allow for shared folders.  It’s a marketing thing, they want you to buy VMWare Workstation.  The more secure way to do this would be to export an SMB Share on Linux and let it have raw access to the partition.  The Linux machine, with no bridged networking would be protected by NAT.  That and I’d trust Linux to do an SMB export a thousand times before I’d trust Windows.  Sometimes you just don’t have a lot of choices though and I’d rather maintain my screwed up, buggy BSOD-prone EXT2 megapartition native than to require 128 or so MB of RAM to access it through a Linux system under VMWare.  This system just doesn’t have the resources and short of soldering, it is at the hardware limit on RAM.

A good day, but I really need to get away from the computer.

Video Performance

I’m a bit annoyed by video performance. I’m not quite sure it’s so poor really. It’s qualitative yes, but that’s pretty important.

So I decided to check out

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI

Which leads me to:

http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux64/linux64-radeon.html

And..

mike@whitetower:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Radeon X1650 Series
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6473 (8.37.6)

mike@whitetower:~$ sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev debhelper libstdc++5 dkms
[sudo] password for mike:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
dpkg-dev is already the newest version.
debhelper is already the newest version.
libstdc++5 is already the newest version.
The following extra packages will be installed:
gawk
Recommended packages:
fakeroot
The following NEW packages will be installed:
dkms gawk
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 563kB of archives.
After unpacking, 2437kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main gawk 1:3.1.5.dfsg-4ubuntu1 [512kB]
Get:2 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe dkms 2.0.17.4-0ubuntu2 [51.0kB]
Fetched 563kB in 2s (268kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package gawk.
(Reading database ... 93458 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking gawk (from .../gawk_1%3a3.1.5.dfsg-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package dkms.
Unpacking dkms (from .../dkms_2.0.17.4-0ubuntu2_all.deb) ...
Setting up gawk (1:3.1.5.dfsg-4ubuntu1) ...

Setting up dkms (2.0.17.4-0ubuntu2) ...

mike@whitetower:~$

mike@whitetower:~$ ./ati-driver-installer-8-01-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/gutsy
Created directory fglrx-install.ge7375
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.452.1.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
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Generating package: Ubuntu/gutsy
Error: need root permissions or the `fakeroot' package installed
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.ge7375
mike@whitetower:~$ sudo apt-get install fakeroot
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
fakeroot
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/113kB of archives.
After unpacking, 451kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package fakeroot.
(Reading database ... 93585 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fakeroot (from .../fakeroot_1.7.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up fakeroot (1.7.1ubuntu1) ...

mike@whitetower:~$

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mike@whitetower:~$ ./ati-driver-installer-8-01-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/gutsy
Created directory fglrx-install.QY7501
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.452.1.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
==================================================
ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
==================================================
Generating package: Ubuntu/gutsy
Package /home/mike/xorg-driver-fglrx_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb has been successfully generated
Package /home/mike/xorg-driver-fglrx-dev_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb has been successfully generated
Package /home/mike/fglrx-kernel-source_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb has been successfully generated
Package /home/mike/fglrx-amdcccle_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb has been successfully generated
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.QY7501
mike@whitetower:~$


hmm

mike@whitetower:~$ sudo dpkg -i xorg-driver-fglrx_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb
[sudo] password for mike:
(Reading database ... 93649 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace xorg-driver-fglrx 7.1.0-8.37.6+2.6.22.4-14.10 (using xorg-driver-fglrx_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xorg-driver-fglrx ...
dpkg: warning - unable to delete old directory `/etc/X11/Xsession.d/70fglrx_32bit_dri': Directory not empty
Setting up xorg-driver-fglrx (8.452.1-1) ...

Configuration file `/etc/xdg/compiz/compiz-manager'
==> Deleted (by you or by a script) since installation.
==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : background this process to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** compiz-manager (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? y
Installing new version of config file /etc/xdg/compiz/compiz-manager ...
* Starting atieventsd /usr/sbin/atieventsd: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[fail]

Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
mike@whitetower:~$


Hmmmmmm…


mike@whitetower:~$ sudo dpkg -i xorg-driver-fglrx-dev_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb
Selecting previously deselected package xorg-driver-fglrx-dev.
(Reading database ... 93716 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xorg-driver-fglrx-dev (from xorg-driver-fglrx-dev_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up xorg-driver-fglrx-dev (8.452.1-1) ...
mike@whitetower:~$


I think there’s an error in the documentation instructing me to install the kernel source from a deb using dpkg -i. Seems weird.

mike@whitetower:~$ sudo apt-get install module-assistant build-essential debhelper debconf dh-make fakeroot libstdc++5 linux-headers-generic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version.
debhelper is already the newest version.
debconf is already the newest version.
fakeroot is already the newest version.
libstdc++5 is already the newest version.
linux-headers-generic is already the newest version.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
dh-make module-assistant
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 134kB of archives.
After unpacking, 864kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main dh-make 0.43 [33.8kB]
Get:2 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe module-assistant 0.10.11 [100kB]
Fetched 134kB in 0s (168kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package dh-make.
(Reading database ... 93727 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking dh-make (from .../archives/dh-make_0.43_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package module-assistant.
Unpacking module-assistant (from .../module-assistant_0.10.11_all.deb) ...
Setting up dh-make (0.43) ...
Setting up module-assistant (0.10.11) ...
mike@whitetower:~$ sudo m-a prepare,update
Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.22-14-generic
Kernel headers available in /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic
Creating symlink...
apt-get install build-essential
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Done!

Updated infos about 85 packages
mike@whitetower:~$

.....................................

mike@whitetower:~$ sudo apt-get install module-assistant build-essential debhelper debconf dh-make fakeroot libstdc++5 linux-headers-generic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version.
debhelper is already the newest version.
debconf is already the newest version.
fakeroot is already the newest version.
libstdc++5 is already the newest version.
linux-headers-generic is already the newest version.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
dh-make module-assistant
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 134kB of archives.
After unpacking, 864kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main dh-make 0.43 [33.8kB]
Get:2 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe module-assistant 0.10.11 [100kB]
Fetched 134kB in 0s (168kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package dh-make.
(Reading database ... 93727 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking dh-make (from .../archives/dh-make_0.43_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package module-assistant.
Unpacking module-assistant (from .../module-assistant_0.10.11_all.deb) ...
Setting up dh-make (0.43) ...
Setting up module-assistant (0.10.11) ...
mike@whitetower:~$ sudo m-a prepare,update
Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.22-14-generic
Kernel headers available in /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic
Creating symlink...
apt-get install build-essential
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Done!

Updated infos about 85 packages
mike@whitetower:~$ sudo m-a build,install fglrx-kernel
The source tarball could not be found!
Package fglrx-kernel-src not installed?
Running "m-a -f get fglrx-kernel-src" may help.
find: /usr/src/modules: No such file or directory
mike@whitetower:~$ bash ./ati-driver-installer-.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/feisty
bash: version: No such file or directory
mike@whitetower:~$ ./ati-driver-installer-8-01-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/feisty
Created directory fglrx-install.x11739
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.452.1.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
==================================================
Generating package: Ubuntu/feisty
Package /home/mike/xorg-driver-fglrx_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb has been successfully generated
Package /home/mike/xorg-driver-fglrx-dev_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb has been successfully generated
Package /home/mike/fglrx-kernel-source_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb has been successfully generated
Package /home/mike/fglrx-amdcccle_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb has been successfully generated
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.x11739
mike@whitetower:~$ sudo dpkg -i /home/mike/fglrx-kernel-source_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb
Selecting previously deselected package fglrx-kernel-source.
(Reading database ... 93844 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fglrx-kernel-source (from .../fglrx-kernel-source_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up fglrx-kernel-source (8.452.1-1) ...
mike@whitetower:~$ sudo dpkg -i /home/mike/fglrx-
fglrx-amdcccle_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb fglrx-kernel-source_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb
mike@whitetower:~$ sudo dpkg -i /home/mike/xorg-driver-fglrx
xorg-driver-fglrx_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb xorg-driver-fglrx-dev_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb
mike@whitetower:~$ sudo dpkg -i /home/mike/xorg-driver-fglrx_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 93848 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace xorg-driver-fglrx 8.452.1-1 (using .../xorg-driver-fglrx_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb) ...
* Stopping atieventsd [ OK ]
Unpacking replacement xorg-driver-fglrx ...
Setting up xorg-driver-fglrx (8.452.1-1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/atieventsd ...
Starting atieventsd: done.

Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
mike@whitetower:~$ sudo dpkg -i /home/mike/xorg-driver-fglrx-dev_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 93848 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace xorg-driver-fglrx-dev 8.452.1-1 (using .../xorg-driver-fglrx-dev_8.452.1-1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xorg-driver-fglrx-dev ...
Setting up xorg-driver-fglrx-dev (8.452.1-1) ...
mike@whitetower:~$ sudo m-a prepare,update
Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.22-14-generic
Kernel headers available in /usr/src/linux
Creating symlink...
Couldn't create the /usr/src/linux symlink!
apt-get install build-essential
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Done!

Updated infos about 86 packages
mike@whitetower:~$ sudo m-a build,install fglrx-kernel
Extracting the package tarball, /usr/src/fglrx.tar.bz2, please wait...
Done with /usr/src/fglrx-kernel-2.6.22-14-generic_8.452.1-1+2.6.22-14.47_amd64.deb .
Selecting previously deselected package fglrx-kernel-2.6.22-14-generic.
(Reading database ... 93848 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fglrx-kernel-2.6.22-14-generic (from .../fglrx-kernel-2.6.22-14-generic_8.452.1-1+2.6.22-14.47_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up fglrx-kernel-2.6.22-14-generic (8.452.1-1+2.6.22-14.47) ...

mike@whitetower:~$ sudo depmod -a
mike@whitetower:~$ sudo rm -f /usr/src/fglrx-kernel*.deb
mike@whitetower:~$ sudo vi /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common
mike@whitetower:~$ sudo vi /etc/x
xdg/ xml/
mike@whitetower:~$ sudo vi /etc/X11/
app-defaults/ rgb.txt xorg.conf Xsession.d/
cursors/ X Xresources/ Xsession.options
default-display-manager xinit/ xserver/ Xwrapper.config
fonts/ xkb/ Xsession
mike@whitetower:~$ sudo vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
mike@whitetower:~$