Re: xserver-xorg-core and fglrx-driver

[Ralf Jung <ralfjung-e@gmx.de>]

Hi,

> When I update this morning (wheezy one but with sid fglrx-driver), the
> xserver-xorg-core was updated.
> 
> my fglrx-driver was removed,
> 
> when I tried to install, it's reported:
> 
> fglrx-driver depends on xorg-video-abi-10 or -8 or -6. which are not
> avaiable.
> 
> then I checked package
> 
> xserver-xorg-core(2:1.11.1-1), which has already been installed.
> 
> xserver-xorg-core-udeb_1.11.1-1_amd64.udeb on AMD64 machines seems not a
> good choice.
> 
> seems the  fglrx-driver (1:11-8-3) dep: xserver-xorg-core (<< 2:1.10.99)
Yeah, unfortunately fglrx was removed from Debian testing recently, breaking 
3d acceleration on a whole lot of systems. Now at least I know why it is 
called "testing" ;-)
I hope AMD will release an update soon, and someone will set the priority to 
high so that it gets to testing quickly.

Kind regards,
Ralf