CentOS - Feb 2017 - mach64 driver, latest update in CentOS 6.8, symbol lookup error

I am loading a server from the CentOS 6.7 ISO and then upgrading.  After loading
at release 6.7, the machine behaves normally.   After running yum update, the X
server will not start.  Attempts to start it manually result in one of the
following messages depending upon which OS is loaded.  I initially loaded it as
64 bit and when that did not work I tried the 32 bit version of the OS.  The
graphics card is part of the motherboard so swapping it out is not an option. 
This is a server and there is no AGP slot.

X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/mach64_drv.so: undefined
symbol: xf86LinearVidMem
X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/mach64_drv.so: undefined
symbol: xf86LinearVidMem

I yum grouperased the X Window System and Desktop and then groupinstalled it
with no luck.  I then changed my repos to point to the original ISO, but there
were too many dependencies broken to get the system to groupinstall the X Window
System and desktop.  I tried forcing in just the driver, but it fails with a
message about the driver being at a different release than the X server.

I am planning to reload the OS and use the Yum Exclude to keep the Xorg pieces. 
Unfortunately, that will probably break a lot of dependencies.

I downloaded the source for the driver from Xorg, but need to find a lot more
stuff to get it to compile, and even then, it is likely not to work.

Does anyone have any more things to try?
Yes I know the mach64 is an old video card, but that is what is there.

Since CentOS just follows the upstream source, I am not sure where to file a
bug.  Not that that is likely to help.  I am batting 0 for 5 over the last
decade and a half getting anything fixed.

Bob Styma

Hello Bob,

looks like, the driver isn't rebuilt, take the centos 6.8 ISO and look
how it goes.

Sincerely

AndyBe


Am Mittwoch, den 08.02.2017, 17:40 +0000 schrieb Styma, Robert (Nokia -
US):
> I am loading a server from the CentOS 6.7 ISO and then upgrading.  After
loading at release 6.7, the machine behaves normally.   After running yum
update, the X server will not start.  Attempts to start it manually result in
one of the following messages depending upon which OS is loaded.  I initially
loaded it as 64 bit and when that did not work I tried the 32 bit version of the
OS.  The graphics card is part of the motherboard so swapping it out is not an
option.  This is a server and there is no AGP slot.
> 
> X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/mach64_drv.so:
undefined symbol: xf86LinearVidMem
> X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/mach64_drv.so:
undefined symbol: xf86LinearVidMem
> 
> I yum grouperased the X Window System and Desktop and then groupinstalled
it with no luck.  I then changed my repos to point to the original ISO, but
there were too many dependencies broken to get the system to groupinstall the X
Window System and desktop.  I tried forcing in just the driver, but it fails
with a message about the driver being at a different release than the X server.
> 
> I am planning to reload the OS and use the Yum Exclude to keep the Xorg
pieces.  Unfortunately, that will probably break a lot of dependencies.
> 
> I downloaded the source for the driver from Xorg, but need to find a lot
more stuff to get it to compile, and even then, it is likely not to work.
> 
> Does anyone have any more things to try?
> Yes I know the mach64 is an old video card, but that is what is there.
> 
> Since CentOS just follows the upstream source, I am not sure where to file
a bug.  Not that that is likely to help.  I am batting 0 for 5 over the last
decade and a half getting anything fixed.
> 
> Bob Styma
> 
> _______________________________________________
> CentOS mailing list
> CentOS at centos.org
> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

> Hello Bob,
> looks like, the driver isn't rebuilt, take the centos 6.8 ISO and look
> how it goes.
> Sincerely
> AndyBe
Hello AndyBe,
    I download the ISO's and started the reinstall.  It went through all the
normal setup up to outputting the message that it was starting Anaconda.   Then
the screen went blank and stayed that way.  This is the same symptom as when it
is trying to start.  While the driver was not rebuild I suspect something that
accesses the driver added a call to xf86LinearVidMem which is not found in the
symbol list for the driver.

I am not sure where to go from here.  

I have a USB SVGA video adapter sitting in a drawer.  As much as I don't
want to, I am thinking of plugging that in.  That so much a long shot.  It is
designed as a second monitor.  I tried plugging a PCI video card (old) into the
expansion slot, but the system ignored it.  Either the BIOS is not interested in
other video cards or the slot is PCI-X only.

I would like to use this machine as my normal desktop as it has 2 processors
each with 2 cores at 3.6GHz.  It has 4 Gig memory with 4 empty slots and I have
a spare to use for parts.

Bob Styma

> Am Mittwoch, den 08.02.2017, 17:40 +0000 schrieb Styma, Robert (Nokia -
US):
> > I am loading a server from the CentOS 6.7 ISO and then upgrading. 
After loading at release 6.7, the machine behaves normally.   After running yum
update, the X server will not start.  Attempts to start it manually result in
one of the following messages depending upon which OS is loaded.  I initially
loaded it as 64 bit and when that did not work I tried the 32 bit version of the
OS.  The graphics card is part of the motherboard so swapping it out is not an
option.  This is a server and there is no AGP slot.
> > 
> > X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/mach64_drv.so:
undefined symbol: xf86LinearVidMem
> > X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/mach64_drv.so:
undefined symbol: xf86LinearVidMem
> > 
> > I yum grouperased the X Window System and Desktop and then
groupinstalled it with no luck.  I then changed my repos to point to the
original ISO, but there were too many dependencies broken to get the system to
groupinstall the X Window System and desktop.  I tried forcing in just the
driver, but it fails with a message about the driver being at a different
release than the X server.
> > 
> > I am planning to reload the OS and use the Yum Exclude to keep the
Xorg pieces.  Unfortunately, that will probably break a lot of dependencies.
> > 
> > I downloaded the source for the driver from Xorg, but need to find a
lot more stuff to get it to compile, and even then, it is likely not to work.
> > 
> > Does anyone have any more things to try?
> > Yes I know the mach64 is an old video card, but that is what is there.
> > 
> > Since CentOS just follows the upstream source, I am not sure where to
file a bug.  Not that that is likely to help.  I am batting 0 for 5 over the
last decade and a half getting anything fixed.
> > 
> > Bob Styma
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > CentOS mailing list
> > CentOS at centos.org
> > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Hello Bob,

while im test something with samba, install an old centos 6.4 and
updated it.

before i move the virual machine into trash, here are the rebuilt driver
without any modification.

http://centos.cms4all.org/repo/6/


The prelink problem should be gone - hopefully.

Sincerely

AndyBe


Am Mittwoch, den 08.02.2017, 17:40 +0000 schrieb Styma, Robert (Nokia -
US):
> I am loading a server from the CentOS 6.7 ISO and then upgrading.  After
loading at release 6.7, the machine behaves normally.   After running yum
update, the X server will not start.  Attempts to start it manually result in
one of the following messages depending upon which OS is loaded.  I initially
loaded it as 64 bit and when that did not work I tried the 32 bit version of the
OS.  The graphics card is part of the motherboard so swapping it out is not an
option.  This is a server and there is no AGP slot.
> 
> X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/mach64_drv.so:
undefined symbol: xf86LinearVidMem
> X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/mach64_drv.so:
undefined symbol: xf86LinearVidMem
> 
> I yum grouperased the X Window System and Desktop and then groupinstalled
it with no luck.  I then changed my repos to point to the original ISO, but
there were too many dependencies broken to get the system to groupinstall the X
Window System and desktop.  I tried forcing in just the driver, but it fails
with a message about the driver being at a different release than the X server.
> 
> I am planning to reload the OS and use the Yum Exclude to keep the Xorg
pieces.  Unfortunately, that will probably break a lot of dependencies.
> 
> I downloaded the source for the driver from Xorg, but need to find a lot
more stuff to get it to compile, and even then, it is likely not to work.
> 
> Does anyone have any more things to try?
> Yes I know the mach64 is an old video card, but that is what is there.
> 
> Since CentOS just follows the upstream source, I am not sure where to file
a bug.  Not that that is likely to help.  I am batting 0 for 5 over the last
decade and a half getting anything fixed.
> 
> Bob Styma
> 
> _______________________________________________
> CentOS mailing list
> CentOS at centos.org
> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Thank you AndyBe.  
 I downloaded the files maintaining the directory structure.  I will take the
backup machine and try this out.  Since the failed machine was my main machine,
I will use another machine of the same type.  I have a few more things to clean
up on the main machine.
Thank you again.

Bob Styma
> Hello Bob,
> while im test something with samba, install an old centos 6.4 and
> updated it.
> before i move the virual machine into trash, here are the rebuilt driver
> without any modification.
> http://centos.cms4all.org/repo/6/
> The prelink problem should be gone - hopefully.
> Sincerely
> AndyBe

Am Mittwoch, den 08.02.2017, 17:40 +0000 schrieb Styma, Robert (Nokia -
US):
> I am loading a server from the CentOS 6.7 ISO and then upgrading.  After
loading at release 6.7, the machine behaves normally.   After running yum
update, the X server will not start.  Attempts to start it manually result in
one of the following messages depending upon which OS is loaded.  I initially
loaded it as 64 bit and when that did not work I tried the 32 bit version of the
OS.  The graphics card is part of the motherboard so swapping it out is not an
option.  This is a server and there is no AGP slot.
> 
> X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/mach64_drv.so:
undefined symbol: xf86LinearVidMem
> X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/mach64_drv.so:
undefined symbol: xf86LinearVidMem
> 
> I yum grouperased the X Window System and Desktop and then groupinstalled
it with no luck.  I then changed my repos to point to the original ISO, but
there were too many dependencies broken to get the system to groupinstall the X
Window System and desktop.  I tried forcing in just the driver, but it fails
with a message about the driver being at a different release than the X server.
> 
> I am planning to reload the OS and use the Yum Exclude to keep the Xorg
pieces.  Unfortunately, that will probably break a lot of dependencies.
> 
> I downloaded the source for the driver from Xorg, but need to find a lot
more stuff to get it to compile, and even then, it is likely not to work.
> 
> Does anyone have any more things to try?
> Yes I know the mach64 is an old video card, but that is what is there.
> 
> Since CentOS just follows the upstream source, I am not sure where to file
a bug.  Not that that is likely to help.  I am batting 0 for 5 over the last
decade and a half getting anything fixed.
> 
> Bob Styma
> 
> _______________________________________________
> CentOS mailing list
> CentOS at centos.org
> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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Opened bug 
Bug 1422622 at RedHat Bugzilla.