Re: Etch is REALLY fast! :-)

[Dave Witbrodt <dawitbro@sbcglobal.net>]

Colin wrote:
> Dave Witbrodt wrote:
> >   Thanks for the tip.  As it turns out I already knew about this. It's
> > just that AMD/ATI just released a brand new driver package this month,
> > and I wanted that:
> >
> >     dawitbro@P4WRK:~$ apt-cache policy fglrx-kernel-src
> >     fglrx-kernel-src:
> >       Installed: 8.33.6-1
> >       Candidate: 8.33.6-1
> >       Version table:
> >      *** 8.33.6-1 0
> >             100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> >          8.28.8-4 0
> >             400 http://debian.uchicago.edu etch/non-free Packages
>
> This is also what I'm waiting for.  I see that sid currently has 8.31
> which doesn't do my Radeon X1600 Pro any good.  8.33 is the first
> version to fix the xvideo problem so I can use tvtime with x.org.

   You may have misunderstood.  When I said I wanted 8.33, I meant
that I installed ATI's proprietary driver by compiling it myself,
instead of using the Debian 8.28 package.  I didn't mean that I'm
still _waiting_!
   I found it terribly easy to install, though I've done it before so
maybe I'm just getting used to it.  I can tell you the steps I used,
if you're interested....


DW