Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Norm Heinen <nheinen@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: ati-drivers & 2.6.17?
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:57:28
Message-Id: 9ca6abaa0606220652n59e12a86o26d2450198d0848@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] Re: ati-drivers & 2.6.17? by Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
1 xorg modular has been in for several version of ati-drivers.
2 You'll need to unmask by keyword the latest drivers in portage. Which
3 at this time is 8.25.18
4
5 I know they work on 2.6.16, however I can't confirm they work on
6 2.6.17. But I see no reason why they shouldn't.
7
8 emerge -av ati-drivers
9
10
11 On 6/21/06, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote:
12 > "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@×××××.com> posted
13 > 5bdc1c8b0606201712s6fab2583m9c385f013d351ea9@××××××××××.com, excerpted
14 > below, on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:12:54 -0700:
15 >
16 > > Just wondering if there is a known good ati-drivers package in
17 > > portage for linux-2.6.17, either in the kernel.org or gentoo versions.
18 >
19 > No problem with x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati (6.6.1) here. Kernel 2.6.17
20 > (kernel.org vanilla), xorg-7.1, compiled with gcc 4.1.1.
21 >
22 > Of course, I don't use slaveryware, so don't use the slaveryware ati
23 > drivers. I haven't read of any kernel issues with them, but last I read,
24 > they didn't have a version for xorg-modular, either 7.0 or 7.1, yet.
25 > That is of course one of the problems with using slaveryware, users are
26 > dependent on the whims of their software master for updates, which often
27 > lag the freedomware versions, if the master deigns to release updates at
28 > all. The Nvidia slaves' master is likewise lagging.
29 >
30 > --
31 > Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs.
32 > "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
33 > and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
34 >
35 > --
36 > gentoo-amd64@g.o mailing list
37 >
38 >
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: ati-drivers & 2.6.17? Will Briggs <will@××××××××××××××××××.au>
Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: ati-drivers & 2.6.17? Antoine Martin <antoine@××××××××××.uk>