Bug#658764: free ATI driver corrupts output on Radeon HD 6310
On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 10:50:37PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> package src:linux-2.6
> found 658764 3.1.8-2
> found 658764 3.2.4-1
> thanks
>
> On 05-Feb-2012, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> > Does this happen with version 3.2.4-1 from sid, too?
>
> I'm confused about which version to get; the names are weird:
>
> Unpacking linux-image-3.2.0-1-amd64 (from .../linux-image-3.2.0-1-amd64_3.2.4-1_amd64.deb)
>
> So that's either 3.2.0 or 3.2.4, I'm not sure.
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It's really 3.2.4, but the release reported by 'uname -r' will be
'3.2.0-1-amd64'. We leave out the '.4' so that it is not necessary to
rebuild out-of-tree modules for each stable update, but we have to
substitute something to avoid breaking programs that expect three
dotted numbers at the start.
Ben.
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