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On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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> Harry Holt wrote: |
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>> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de |
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>> <mailto:realnc@×××××.de>> wrote: |
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>> I don't know if this error exists upstream or not, but I may try |
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>> installing the 9.3 version from ATI just to find out (if I can |
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>> get through it). I know the Debian version in "squeeze" works |
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>> but it's a newer version as far as I can tell (version numbers |
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>> are really inconsistent). |
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>> Anyway, has anyone else had this problem? Is there a way around |
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>> it without turning on PCI_LEGACY in the kernel? |
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>> No. You have to read the comments of that bug report and do as they |
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>> say. The driver needs to use a kernel feature that is disabled in |
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>> your kernel. Debian has it enabled. |
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>> Sorry, but that's just not true. If I compile a 2.6.27 kernel in debian |
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>> with PCI_LEGACY=N, I can still install the "9.2" deb ATI Driver package. |
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>> But the same kernel configured the same way in Gentoo causes the |
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>> ati-drivers compile to fail. |
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> Then I guess you can open a new bug report about it. Maybe that option is |
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> not needed anymore. On Gentoo, old stuff tends to accumulate over time and |
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> no one really checks if it's still needed. It's very possible that many |
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> kernel options the ebuild checks for are not needed at all anymore. |
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That's a good idea. Try to comment out the check in the ebuild and see |
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what happens. I use the x11 radeon driver so I can't try it. |
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