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xorg modular has been in for several version of ati-drivers. |
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You'll need to unmask by keyword the latest drivers in portage. Which |
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at this time is 8.25.18 |
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I know they work on 2.6.16, however I can't confirm they work on |
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2.6.17. But I see no reason why they shouldn't. |
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emerge -av ati-drivers |
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On 6/21/06, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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> "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@×××××.com> posted |
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> 5bdc1c8b0606201712s6fab2583m9c385f013d351ea9@××××××××××.com, excerpted |
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> below, on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:12:54 -0700: |
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> > Just wondering if there is a known good ati-drivers package in |
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> > portage for linux-2.6.17, either in the kernel.org or gentoo versions. |
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> No problem with x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati (6.6.1) here. Kernel 2.6.17 |
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> (kernel.org vanilla), xorg-7.1, compiled with gcc 4.1.1. |
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> Of course, I don't use slaveryware, so don't use the slaveryware ati |
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> drivers. I haven't read of any kernel issues with them, but last I read, |
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> they didn't have a version for xorg-modular, either 7.0 or 7.1, yet. |
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> That is of course one of the problems with using slaveryware, users are |
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> dependent on the whims of their software master for updates, which often |
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> lag the freedomware versions, if the master deigns to release updates at |
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> all. The Nvidia slaves' master is likewise lagging. |
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> Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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> "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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> and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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