Re: Sid, xorg and fglrx
On 08 May 2007, Tim Wood wrote:
> On 07 May 2007, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> >On 07 May 2007, Tim Wood wrote:
> >
> >>> My thanks for all the comments.
> >>>
> >>> I tried the latest ATI driver 8.36.5 but the included check.sh shows
> >>the > Xserver as 1.3.0 and there is no target for that.
> >>>
> >>> In regard to the HP Nx 8420 itself, it is 3 months old, ACPI works on
> >>> both the 2.6.18 and 2.6.20 kernels in the 686 and AMD64 versions.
> >>>
> >>> Guess I'm just going to have to wait for it to be sorted out. I'm not
> >>> sure I have the skills to go back to the previous X version.
> >>>
> >>> Tim
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >As I have an ATI Mobile X1400 in my Thinkpad Z61M there is no option to
> >use a different graphics card. Reverting to the previous version of Xorg
> >was perfectly simple, however. I just removed xserver-xorg, pointed
> >/etc/apt/sources.list at testing and reinstalled. I've now placed
> >xserver-xorg-core on hold.
> Great idea. I went back to 2.6.18 and did as you suggested. I still had
> the 2.6.18 driver deb in the archive and was able to use dpkg to install
> it. Working fine back at 1680*1050.
>
> Thank you very much for that suggestion.
>
> One point though. How will I know when it is safe to upgrade?
>
> Tim
>
>
There is quite a long thread about this on the sidux website:
1. http://sidux.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-3162-postdays-0-postorder-asc.html
2. http://sidux.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-3345.html
The second reference provides a warning (which I initially missed) and
there will probably be a post there when/if things change.
Anthony
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