Bug#732692: loading radeonkms results in unusable screen
Robert Millan <rmh@debian.org> writes:
> On 20/12/2013 13:23, Robert Millan wrote:
>> This situation seems completely unworkable. Unless someone has a better
>> idea, I'll remove radeonkms from the Debian package.
>
> RC3 is due out soon. Is there any objection to removal of radeonkms?
>
> If users want the non-free module, they can still install it manually along with
> radeonkmsfw (or use kfreebsd-downloader-10).
>
> Is there a case for providing an incomplete version (i.e. without firmware)?
AFAIK VESA still only gives a 1024x768 display? I have been running
radeon (without kms) on my old Thinkpad Z61m (ATI x1400) to get full
screen resolution -- there's a huge difference between getting 1680x1080
and 1024x768. Though I guess a setup that gives reliably working X is
the only real choice here. And I haven't tested anything with radeonkms
so no idea if it is usefull the same way radeon was.
Christoph
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