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From: David Corbin <gentoo.org@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem emerging ATI drivers
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:45:37
Message-Id: 200702172039.00302.gentoo.org@machturtle.com
1 On Saturday 17 February 2007 10:14, Grant Edwards wrote:
2 > On 2007-02-17, David Corbin <gentoo.org@××××××××××.com> wrote:
3 > > I'm getting the following output while emerging
4 > > x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.32.5.
5 > >
6 > > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.19'
7 >
8 > 8.32.5 won't compile as-is with recent kernels. There is a
9 > patch available to get it to compile, or you can use a newer
10 > ATI-drivers package. But newer ATI-drivers packages don't
11 > support some older boards (92xx). A patch for 8.32.5 has been
12 > submitted on bugs.gentoo.rog, but the response was "screw you,
13 > go buy a newer video card".
14 >
15
16 How old are those cards? A truly lousy answer if someone has such a chip in a
17 laptop.
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20 > So, I created an overlay and modified the ebuild to get it to
21 > work. If you want a copy, it's available at:
22 >
23
24 The contents of that file are for 8.28.8. Either this is a problem, or I'm
25 not doing the overlay thing correctly (which I *think* I am.).
26
27 > ftp://ftp.visi.com/users/grante/ati-drivers-8.32.5-r1-overlay.tar.gz
28
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30 >
31 > --
32 > Grant Edwards grante Yow! I brought my
33 > BOWLING at BALL -- and some DRUGS!! visi.com
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