Re: GATOS driver -- is there a debian way?

[JG <j2003gi@yahoo.es>]

Hi,


Joerg Johannes <joerg_johannes@web.de> writes:

> Hi everybody
> 
> I have apt-cache searched for gatos, but did not find the ATI X11
> drivers packaged. I have doubts that installing the precompiled version
> from gatos.sf.net will be good for dpkg's database consistency. I'm
> afraid it will completely break during tomorrow's dist-upgrade...
> So, has anybody developped a "debian way" of getting the gatos drivers?
> 

For XFree86 4.1 you can use the packages at:

http://ftp.fifi.org/debian-local/stable/unofficial/

If you want drivers for XFree86 4.2 or 4.3 you can build your own from
the debian sources at the site above + your downloaded driver from the
gatos site.

The packaging is very easy, need very little tweaking. 

The main advantadge of that package is that it sets up "diversions", and
the gatos drivers are not overwritten by the XFree86 drivers on upgrade.

Hope this helps,

Jaume

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