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From: Francisco Rivas <taken2k4@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-7.2 and ati-drivers-8.32.5
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 15:00:46
Message-Id: 2fcf3fa50705070753g66aab1d4we1e8ba062cdbd73b@mail.gmail.com
1 Hi, I never couldn't get 8.32.5 ati-drivers working. Now I update to kernel
2 2.6.20-r6 and 8.36 ati-drivers and works fine for me. I guess update
3 to 8.36ati-driver.
4
5 I hope be a help.
6
7 On 5/7/07, Grant Edwards <grante@××××.com> wrote:
8 >
9 > On 2007-05-07, marco restelli <mrestelli@×××××.com> wrote:
10 > > On 5/4/07, Remy Blank <remy.blank@×××××.com> wrote:
11 > >
12 > >> I have noticed xorg-7.2 just went stable. I am currently using
13 > >> 7.1 with the stable binary ATI drivers ati-drivers-8.32.5 and
14 > >> the kernel gentoo-sources-2.6.19-r5. Has anybody with the same
15 > >> configuration done the update? Does it work for you?
16 > >
17 > > Update done, no problems (up to now). I am on amd64.
18 >
19 > You're running 8.32.5 with xorg-7.2 and it works OK?
20 >
21 > I couldn't get 8.32.5 to build with 2.6.16, so I upgraded to
22 > 2.6.20. 8.32.5 wouldn't build with that kernel version so I
23 > tried the "testing" version of ati-drivers. The "testing"
24 > ati-drivers are badly broken: scrolling aterm windows get
25 > corrupted, some apps don't get repainted correctly, and the X
26 > server locks up hard when you try to do anything using the Xv
27 > extension.
28 >
29 > I guess I'll try downgrading my kernel until I can get 8.32.5
30 > to build.
31 >
32 > ATI's Linux drivers sure do suck...
33 >
34 > --
35 > Grant Edwards grante Yow! ! I'm in a very
36 > at clever and adorable
37 > INSANE
38 > visi.com ASYLUM!!
39 >
40 > --
41 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
42 >
43 >
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45
46 --
47 Francisco Rivas

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[gentoo-user] Re: xorg-7.2 and ati-drivers-8.32.5 Grant Edwards <grante@××××.com>