Re: unstability of woody ...
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 09:26:34AM +0100, Tibor Simko wrote:
> Hello
>
> > > hi, i'm using potato on a ultra5 and i'd like to try woody ...
> >
> > There may not be any problems now (there might be, but I don't know
> > all of the details), but sooner or later shit will hit the fan.
>
> E.g. if your Ultra 5 contains atyfb (ATY 3D RAGE PRO) you probably
> would not be able to run woody's X11 4.0.1 - there were problems with
> linux-sparc port of ATI driver. (is this still an issue?)
I was able to arrange for Marc, the X ati driver author, to receive an
Ultra 5 to work on the support. So expect good things soon :)
Ben
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