Building fglrx fails with debian/sid 2.6.12-1 kernel

[LUK ShunTim <shuntim dot luk at polyu dot edu dot hk>]

Hello,

I tried building fglrx in a Debiab/sid box (IBM T43P notebook) running
the latest 2.6.12-1 kernel and could not get it work. Here's the
relevant message.

<quote>
> /usr/bin/make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686 SUBDIRS=/usr/src/modules/fglrx modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686'
> Makefile:530: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/Makefile: Too many levels of symbolic links
> make[1]: stat:/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/Makefile: Too many levels of symbolic links
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686/arch/i386/Makefile'.  Stop.
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-686'
> make: *** [build] Error 2
</quote>

Installed version is 8.16.20-1 for fglrx-kernel-src (and fglrx-driver)
and kernel is 2.6.12-1-686. I build with "module-assistant -t a-i
fglrx". I have the kernel-headers but *not* the full kernel source. I
gather from the release notes on the ATI site that *either* the source
or headers package is needed.

Grateful for any pointer.

Regards,
ST
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