ati_unfree: don't build with kernel 4.14 #36802

davidak · 2018-03-11T14:09:41Z

Issue description

Cannot generate ORC metadata for CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC=y, please install libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel.

Reproducible with kernel 4.14 and 4.15.

It builds with 4.4 and 4.9, but display-manager fails to start. That's probably due to my old crappy GPU.

[   21.022461] <3>[fglrx:firegl_init_device_list] *ERROR* No supported display adapters were found
[   21.022463] <3>[fglrx:firegl_init_module] *ERROR* firegl_init_devices failed

rebuild:

make[1]: Entering directory '/nix/store/l6y1zslmx3637ylm3pw1shwhpizlgc4h-linux-4.14.24-dev/lib/modules/4.14.24/build'
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking minix/config.h usability... no
checking minix/config.h presence... no
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C99... none needed
checking whether __clang__ is declared... no
checking whether __INTEL_COMPILER is declared... no
checking whether __SUNPRO_C is declared... no
checking for pkg-config... /nix/store/340wmknqs4by554nwpg3hcr52lshqdj2-pkg-config-0.29.2/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /nix/store/navldm477k3ar6cy0zlw9rk43i459g69-gnused-4.4/bin/sed
checking if gcc supports -Werror=unknown-warning-option... no
checking if gcc supports -Werror=unused-command-line-argument... no
checking if gcc supports -Wall... yes
checking if gcc supports -Wpointer-arith... yes
checking if gcc supports -Wmissing-declarations... yes
checking if gcc supports -Wformat=2... yes
/nix/store/l6y1zslmx3637ylm3pw1shwhpizlgc4h-linux-4.14.24-dev/lib/modules/4.14.24/source/Makefile:943: *** "Cannot generate ORC metadata for CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC=y, please install libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel".  Stop.
make[2]: *** [Makefile:146: sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: *** [Makefile:24: __sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/nix/store/l6y1zslmx3637ylm3pw1shwhpizlgc4h-linux-4.14.24-dev/lib/modules/4.14.24/build'
make: *** [Makefile:88: kmod_build] Error 2
+ exitHandler
+ exitCode=2
+ set +e
+ '[' -n '' ']'
+ ((  2 != 0  ))
+ runHook failureHook
++ shopt -po nounset
+ local 'oldOpts=set +o nounset'
+ set -u
+ local hookName=failureHook
+ shift
+ local 'hooksSlice=failureHooks[@]'
+ local hook
+ for hook in "_callImplicitHook 0 $hookName" ${!hooksSlice+"${!hooksSlice}"}
+ _eval '_callImplicitHook 0 failureHook'
++ type -t '_callImplicitHook 0 failureHook'
+ '[' '' = function ']'
+ set +u
+ eval '_callImplicitHook 0 failureHook'
++ _callImplicitHook 0 failureHook
++ set -u
++ local def=0
++ local hookName=failureHook
++ case "$(type -t "$hookName")" in
+++ type -t failureHook
++ '[' -z '' ']'
++ return 0
+ set -u
+ eval 'set +o nounset'
++ set +o nounset
+ return 0
+ '[' -n '' ']'
+ exit 2
builder for '/nix/store/s29c7zz6nbcxb5b6q42ilb4xfmll24vv-ati-drivers-15.12-4.14.24.drv' failed with exit code 2
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/xm4m3psy15kqwav0w8wcl08kgbnxy0jb-etc.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/3p8zad1fj69rips26bsc1akn5s8vbljq-kernel-modules.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/yl7qzmylzlcibyakjxs4ip6jw42xjdi5-opengl-drivers.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/yq6kz0230yl74hms4mm4j4gg3xlbn29j-system-path.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/dd1qa0ykskxkjp359xpr6sys8j5czm9x-nixos-system-dc7800-18.03pre130932.cc4677c36ee.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
error: build of '/nix/store/dd1qa0ykskxkjp359xpr6sys8j5czm9x-nixos-system-dc7800-18.03pre130932.cc4677c36ee.drv' failed

Steps to reproduce

  services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "ati_unfree" ];
  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;

Technical details

system: "x86_64-linux"
host os: Linux 4.14.24, NixOS, 18.03pre130932.cc4677c36ee (Impala)
multi-user?: yes
sandbox: yes
version: nix-env (Nix) 2.0
nixpkgs: /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs

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ghost · 2018-04-09T12:47:53Z

Also seeing this as of nixos-18.03.131807.489a14add9a. Is there a workaround?
It seems something like this was fixed, so this could be a regression: #33166

mrkkrp · 2018-06-09T20:19:49Z

I've run into this today as well :(

et4te · 2018-06-15T16:49:02Z

I ran into this problem with 4.17.1 as well whilst trying to upgrade the amdgpu-pro drivers.

et4te · 2018-06-15T18:24:03Z

FYI the workaround I used to get it to start building (still failing but for other reasons) was to add,

    nativeBuildInputs = kernel.moduleBuildDependencies;

Within default.nix, stdenv.mkDerivation { ... } of the relevant package.

davidak · 2018-11-04T03:28:12Z

Problem still reproducible with 18.09.git.06fb025 (Jellyfish).

peterwilli · 2018-12-23T13:33:20Z

Same problem here with amdgpu-pro

daveman1010221 · 2019-03-03T03:45:12Z

Is there a way I can manually provide the radeon-crimson-15.12-15.302-151217a-297685e.zip file I just downloaded? nixos-rebuild switch still fails with the error listed above. This particular system will not boot into X without the proprietary ATI drivers. Thanks.

daveman1010221 · 2019-03-03T04:02:09Z

I was mistaken, the driver did not download. wget retrieves an html file and named it .zip. :-/ Is there a path forward on this, somewhere I can get the right drivers and get them installed on NixOS?

daveman1010221 · 2019-03-03T04:19:49Z

Updated to “unstable”, found the file download. Now compilation fails: error: ‘struct vm_fault’ has no member named ‘virtual address’.

Likivik · 2020-01-16T00:14:07Z

Anyone found any solutions or workarounds for ati_unfree, or is it time to upgrade a gpu? I get build errors (will add soon) on 19.09 "Loris" with kernels 4.4, 4.14 and 4.19.

jerith666 · 2020-01-16T01:46:41Z

As it happens, I did plow through getting this to build with 4.19 a month or two ago ... and then ordered a new GPU anyway a few weeks later, so never got around to making a PR! :-/

The raw commits are here if you want to take a look: jerith666/nixpkgs@ed2a4a8...e2f91a8

I'd be more than happy if you wanted to rebase, cleanup, and make a PR out of them!

nixos-discourse · 2020-04-05T22:59:51Z

This issue has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there:

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/working-amdgpu-configurations/2305/12

davidak · 2020-05-10T23:53:43Z

The problem is still reproducible with 20.03 and Kernel 4.4.x, 4.9.x, 4.14.x, 5.4.39 and 5.6.11.

The next steps here would be to check out the patches in #36802 (comment) and create a PR from it. (i currently work on other things)

davidak · 2020-05-12T11:35:05Z

The driver builds when i naively rebuild from the fork. It get login screen (lightdm), but when i login, i have a black screen with a cursor and many errors in syslog. That might be related to Pantheon desktop at that state.

nixos-rebuild switch -I nixpkgs=https://api.github.com/repos/jerith666/nixpkgs/tarball/efdb660083047d7016e8fd3c1f14e09440d362c

With MATE desktop, it works! I can open the ATI settings.

I tried to cherry-pick the changes onto master, but the build fails. Probably more patches are needed now for latest X11 etc.

Here is the latest state: https://github.com/davidak/nixpkgs/tree/ati_unfree

...
make[1]: Leaving directory '/build/xorg-server-1.17.4/exa'
Making all in glamor
make[1]: Entering directory '/build/xorg-server-1.17.4/glamor'
  CC       glamor.lo
In file included from /nix/store/2w4kby6pnscgdsbay9xzb2nrifcjml1r-libglvnd-1.3.1-dev/include/EGL/eglplatform.h:128,
                 from /nix/store/8gfmj7xbxbl7wbcqfhkxla35hsnhi02h-epoxy-1.5.4-dev/include/epoxy/egl_generated.h:11,
                 from /nix/store/8gfmj7xbxbl7wbcqfhkxla35hsnhi02h-epoxy-1.5.4-dev/include/epoxy/egl.h:46,
                 from glamor_priv.h:43,
                 from glamor.c:36:
/nix/store/6w463c8dh0qzf5l2lz42k683nl46bkp9-libX11-1.6.8-dev/include/X11/Xlib.h:222:2: error: conflicting types for 'GC'
  222 | *GC;
      |  ^~
In file included from glamor.h:34,
                 from glamor_priv.h:32,
                 from glamor.c:36:
../include/gcstruct.h:289:3: note: previous declaration of 'GC' was here
  289 | } GC;
      |   ^~
make[1]: *** [Makefile:736: glamor.lo] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/build/xorg-server-1.17.4/glamor'
make: *** [Makefile:771: all-recursive] Error 1
builder for '/nix/store/w98ng0bns48cwgd89g2ycmrgc6ki3534-xorg-server-1.17.4.drv' failed with exit code 2
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/vs3h4aic2114bcs89afxgl1xfspp0wq9-system-path.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/yfr2skhqhav6f8z0qygirhyrsmgs9jsq-xf86-input-evdev-2.10.6.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/27257hhsh7fi79n51ciajgcvdq502915-xserver-wrapper.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/d930xfpiz41d34f0b342pp6myq56sxpk-xsession-wrapper.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/0r48ksc29i4zqx8sgz4ws9hma194cj7d-nixos-system-imac-20.09.git.58ec917cfddM.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
error: build of '/nix/store/0r48ksc29i4zqx8sgz4ws9hma194cj7d-nixos-system-imac-20.09.git.58ec917cfddM.drv' failed

  hardware.cpu.intel.updateMicrocode = true;
  # use latest kernel to have best performance
  #boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
  # try older kernel for ati driver to work
  boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_4_19;
  # build fails with any kernel https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/36802
  services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "ati_unfree" ];
  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;

  # build fails
  services.xserver.useGlamor = lib.mkForce false;
  services.xserver.desktopManager.pantheon.enable = lib.mkForce false;
  #services.xserver.desktopManager.gnome3.enable = true;
  #services.xserver.desktopManager.gnome3.debug = true;
  #services.xserver.desktopManager.gnome3.flashback.enableMetacity = true;

  services.xserver.desktopManager.mate.enable = true;
  services.xserver.desktopManager.mate.debug = true;

jerith666 · 2020-05-12T16:27:37Z

you could probably use https://github.com/timokau/nix-bisect to determine whether it was a kernel update or something else that caused that breakage. my guess is you'll probably find a few new patches in arch or another upstream that just need to be pulled down and added to nixpkgs.

stale · 2020-11-08T17:57:46Z

I marked this as stale due to inactivity. → More info

yvesf · 2021-05-21T19:48:58Z

I think this is fixed/obsolete by 7117588

davidak mentioned this issue Nov 4, 2018

radeon-crimson: fix download #49722

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ati_unfree + linux 4.9.x + GNOME3 = Unable to run X server #49726

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