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On Saturday 17 February 2007 10:14, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> On 2007-02-17, David Corbin <gentoo.org@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > I'm getting the following output while emerging |
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> > x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.32.5. |
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> > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.19' |
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> 8.32.5 won't compile as-is with recent kernels. There is a |
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> patch available to get it to compile, or you can use a newer |
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> ATI-drivers package. But newer ATI-drivers packages don't |
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> support some older boards (92xx). A patch for 8.32.5 has been |
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> submitted on bugs.gentoo.rog, but the response was "screw you, |
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> go buy a newer video card". |
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How old are those cards? A truly lousy answer if someone has such a chip in a |
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laptop. |
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> So, I created an overlay and modified the ebuild to get it to |
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> work. If you want a copy, it's available at: |
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The contents of that file are for 8.28.8. Either this is a problem, or I'm |
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not doing the overlay thing correctly (which I *think* I am.). |
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> ftp://ftp.visi.com/users/grante/ati-drivers-8.32.5-r1-overlay.tar.gz |
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> Grant Edwards grante Yow! I brought my |
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> BOWLING at BALL -- and some DRUGS!! visi.com |
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David Corbin |
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