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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Ati-drivers emerge fails.
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:58:28
Message-Id: h0gv3a$2lq$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Ati-drivers emerge fails. by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
2 > On Sonntag 07 Juni 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
3 >> Hazen Valliant-Saunders wrote:
4 >>> Good Day;
5 >>>
6 >>> ati-drivers fails to emerge; foolowed the somewhat out of date doc's
7 >>> online.
8 >> There doesn't exist a Catalyst for Linux release yet that support kernel
9 >> 2.6.29. Even if you install the latest version (9.5), it won't work.
10 >
11 > it works with a patch.
12 >
13 > everything you need can be found in bugzilla.
14
15 The patch results in the driver issuing a warning about "kernel data
16 malformed/corrupted" (something like that, but sounds pretty serious) at
17 a rate of about a dozen per second (check with dmesg). After a few
18 hours, it locks up. Also, the log files grow out of proportions due to
19 the warning flood.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Ati-drivers emerge fails. Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>