package fglrx 2:8.721-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: fglrx kernel module failed to build: ld: internal error in output_symtab_index, at ../../gold/object.h:1086

[superham]

error happened during upgrade from 9.10 to 10.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: fglrx 2:8.721-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Apr 10 10:53:53 2010
DkmsStatus: fglrx, 8.721: added
ErrorMessage: fglrx kernel module failed to build
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
MachineType: Micro-Star International GT735
PackageVersion: 2:8.721-0ubuntu8
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=f1d387f5-6bd5-4bc6-9d2e-3a1cf88ef697 ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
Title: package fglrx 2:8.721-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: fglrx kernel module failed to build
dmi.bios.date: 11/25/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A1721AMS V1.0V
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: MS-1721
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: Ver 1.000
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrA1721AMSV1.0V:bd11/25/2009:svnMicro-StarInternational:pnGT735:pvrVer1.000:rvnMSI:rnMS-1721:rvrVer1.000:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct10:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: GT735
dmi.product.version: Ver 1.000
dmi.sys.vendor: Micro-Star International
glxinfo: Error: command ['glxinfo'] failed with exit code -11:
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: x86_64
 kernel: 2.6.31-17-generic

[vimasari (vimasari)]

confirmed bug

[unkle_george (unkle-george)]

I built binutils from TOT CVS and it links without errors.

binutils ltversion.m4
m4_define([LT_PACKAGE_VERSION], [2.2.7a])
m4_define([LT_PACKAGE_REVISION], [1.3134])

Not exactly sure on what version of binutils it was fixed.

sudo ~/binutils/bin/ld -m elf_i386 -r -o /usr/src/fglrx-8.723/2.6.x/fglrx.o /usr/src/fglrx-8.723/2.6.x/firegl_public.o /usr/src/fglrx-8.723/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.o /usr/src/fglrx-8.723/2.6.x/kcl_agp.o /usr/src/fglrx-8.723/2.6.x/kcl_debug.o /usr/src/fglrx-8.723/2.6.x/kcl_ioctl.o /usr/src/fglrx-8.723/2.6.x/kcl_io.o /usr/src/fglrx-8.723/2.6.x/kcl_pci.o /usr/src/fglrx-8.723/2.6.x/kcl_str.o /usr/src/fglrx-8.723/2.6.x/kcl_wait.o /usr/src/fglrx-8.723/2.6.x/libfglrx_ip.a.GCC4

[unkle_george (unkle-george)]

My system is using this version of binutils:

$ ld --version
GNU gold (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu 2.20.1-system.20100303) 1.9
Copyright 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

The closest tags to that in CVS are:
        sid-snapshot-20100301
        cgen-snapshot-20100301

Is this the same binutils that Ubuntu 10.04 is using?

[unkle_george (unkle-george)]

Oh, I see. I need to configure with --enable-gold to get the same version as Ubuntu 10.04
tar -zxf binutils-2.20.1.tar.gz
./configure --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --enable-gold --prefix=~/binutils-2.20.1/build; make -j4; make install

And with that I can reproduce the bug.
~/binutils-2_20.1/build/bin/ld: internal error in output_symtab_index, at object.h:1086

[unkle_george (unkle-george)]

Also fails in 2.20

Likely a missing symbol in the fglx library. Odd however that it links with ld, but not gold.

For some reason this is never called in gold/object.h:
  set_output_symtab_index(unsigned int i)
  {
    gold_assert(this->output_symtab_index_ == 0);
    this->output_symtab_index_ = i;
  }

Hope this information is helpful.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Setting to confirmed due to duplicates.