Re: xorg (fglrx, radeon, radeonhd, vesa) not working after upgrade
Stefan Bellon wrote :
> thveillon.debian wrote:
>> you'll be sorry to hear that your card is now a "legacy" one
>> according to AMD/ATI. They dropped support for a bunch of card with
>> the 9.4 release.
>
>> http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/legacy/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.2&product=2.4.2.3.9&lang=English
>
> No, if you have a close look at this page, you'll notice that a lot of
> cards are legacy, but not the X1400 one which my ThinkPad T60 has.
Yep, it's not named on the page, which I guess is a mistake, but you
will be redirected on the "legacy" page if you try to select a driver
from the AMD/ATI drivers selection page, so...
>> So I guess the Sid version is too new for you, you can install an
>> older fglrx (9.3) or stick with the free driver.
>
> But nevertheless, even if my X1400 was legacy and not supported in
> fglrx anymore (which is not the case), then the main problem is that
> neither radeonhd, nor radeon, nor plain vesa seem to work right now.
> THIS is my problem.
So maybe you have another problem on top of that, some leftovers from
fglrx installation that don't go well with free drivers, like
proprietary libGL maybe ?
> Still being very grateful for hints.
>
> Greetings,
> Stefan
>
Good luck,
Tom
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