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Andrey Falko wrote: |
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> [...] |
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> I agree. Even if this is a bug, no open source developer could be |
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> qualified to fix it because fgrlx is closed source. If you can, report |
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> this to ATI, otherwise, you will have to live with the problem or use |
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> open source drivers. |
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That is not true. If it's in portage, you have to accept bugs against |
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it. If a bug is serious, then that means the package has to stay masked |
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if there's no workaround for it in form of a patch. And sometimes there |
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are patches for non-OSS software too. (This bug is not serious because |
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I'm the only one who can confirm it. But you're talking generally, so |
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this specific bug is not the point of this reply.) |
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ATI doesn't support Gentoo, btw. Only Ubuntu, openSUSE and some other |
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high-profile distros are "supported." In quotes because it's broken |
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even on those ;) |
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