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Mehraban
Asked: 2014-10-17 06:07:11 +0800 CST

AMD legacy driver installation failed due to missing kernel headers

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I am trying to install amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.1-legacy-linux-x86.x86_64 on Ubuntu 14.04, and failing due missing /lib/modules/3.13.0-37-generic/build/include/linux/version.h. I tried to install driver forcefully with no success.

The error in /usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log is:

Check if system has the tools required for installation. fglrx installation requires that the system have kernel headers. /lib/modules/3.13.0-37-generic/build/include/linux/version.h cannot be found on this system. fglrx installation is being forced. Installation will proceed without the required tools on the system. Uninstalling any previously installed drivers.

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.97.100.7/source -> /usr/src/fglrx-8.97.100.7

DKMS: add completed.

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...

Building module: cleaning build area.... cd /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.97.100.7/build; sh make.sh --nohints --uname_r=3.13.0-37-generic --norootcheck....(bad exit status: 1) [Error] Kernel Module : Failed to build fglrx-8.97.100.7 with DKMS [Error] Kernel Module : Removing fglrx-8.97.100.7 from DKMS

------------------------------ Deleting module version: 8.97.100.7 completely from the DKMS tree. ------------------------------ Done. [Reboot] Kernel Module : update-initramfs

14.04

1 Answers

  1. Beginning with 3.7, the uapi sources have changed and this causes issues with some older drivers that can't locate version.h...

    Try this:

    ln -s /usr/src/linux-$(uname -r)/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-$(uname -r)/include/linux/
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