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From: Peter Weilbacher <newsspam@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:04:08
Message-Id: 519b0f58c76c44d983f540dbeef9628c@weilbacher.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update by Mick
1 On 2012-11-28 00:08, Mick wrote:
2 > On Tuesday 27 Nov 2012 17:18:43 design [depois das dez] wrote:
3 >> My video driver is an ATI Radeon 9600 (RV350) and somebody has
4 >> already
5 >> updated the section on the Gentoo wiki
6 >> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon#Kernels_.3E.3D3.0.0 informing
7 >> that
8 >> there might be incompatibilities concerning the RV350 firmware. I
9 >> just
10 >> don't have enough understanding of the video related parts of the
11 >> system to
12 >> tweak and fix this issue. How should I proceed when I have a problem
13 >> of
14 >> this sort?
15 [...]
16 > The link you provided says that you should disable framebuffer in
17 > your kernel
18 > config. Have you tried that?
19
20 I have the same problem and this solution sucks. :-(
21 Before this update I had such a nice console setup with framebuffer
22 splash,
23 a nice small font, and a Gentoo decoration around it. Really sad to see
24 that
25 go.
26 Peter.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>