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On 12/21/10 11:46:21, Jesús J. Guerrero Botella wrote: |
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> 2010/12/21 Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>: |
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> > On 12/21/10 09:02:32, Jesús J. Guerrero Botella wrote: |
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> >> If you plan to |
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> >> use proprietary drivers then I'd use some other brand. |
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> > Why? |
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> > I have several machines with an onboard Radeon HD 3300 chip. |
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> > The recent versions of x11-drivers/ati-drivers (currently 10.11) |
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> > run just fine with the lastest kernel (2.6.36) and the latest |
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> > xorg-server (1.9.2.902) |
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> If you have been an fglrx user for a long time you should know that's |
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> not the usual case (unless things have changed drastically in the |
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> last |
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> few months). |
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Yes, I do think it has changed recently. |
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There is even a a more recent version 10.12 but not in the tree, yet. |
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> This driver **usually** doesn't work with latest X and/or kernel. |
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> Punctually, it might, but usually you have to keep your system |
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> downgraded intentionally to keep these drivers working. |
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> I am not advertising any other brand here (and I have mentioned no |
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> brand name). Merely describing my experience with fglrx, for several |
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> years and until a few months ago. |
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> -- |
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> Jesús Guerrero Botella |
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Helmut Jarausch |
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Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik |
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RWTH - Aachen University |
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D 52056 Aachen, Germany |
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