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Re: ATI proprietary drivers installation issue on debian testing



On Sat, 2011-05-21 at 19:12 +0200, dagecko@free.fr wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I updated my debian stable into testing... My bad, since I have
> an ATI graphics card...
> I now can't install their drivers, even if I fall-back with the
> previous driver version and/or previous kernel-version (stable).
> 
> Anyway. Here is the purpose of this mail. It seems newer ATI
> proprietary drivers expect Big Kernel Lock to be activated in the
> kernel, which is not the case.
> 
> Ati installation log will be given below.
> 
> My question is, how far could I expect Big Kernel Lock to be
> providen in future updates of the kernels ?
> 
> For now, I think I'll do the old-job, recompiling the kernel,
> since I can't find a solution (and don't want to go back to
> debian stable)...

I am using fglrx 11-4-2 from the Debian repositories without any real
problems. Sometimes the repainting of the screens is a bit choppy,
especially during drag and drop or moving, or a window is not correctly
repainted while dragging it over the (dual monitor) desktop.


-- 
Groeten,

Joost Kraaijeveld
Askesis B.V.
Molukkenstraat 14
6524NB Nijmegen
tel: 024-3888063 / 06-51855277
fax: 024-3608416
web: www.askesis.nl

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