Re: ATI Propietary driver install in Debian Wheezy (Xorg downgrade to a working previous version)

[Steven Rosenberg <stevenhrosenberg@gmail.com>]

On 07/11/2012 08:09 AM, Gary Dale wrote:
> On 11/07/12 10:51 AM, Camaleón wrote:
> > On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 05:56:50 -0300, Ezequiel wrote:
> >
> > (please, keep html turned off, thanks :-) )
> >
> > > Hi all: Searching in the Internet I've found a way to make ATI
> > > propietary driver work under Wheezy. Of course, it implies to downgrade
> > > Xserver to a version prior to 1.12.
> > > Now I can wait fglrx 12-5 (wich is supposed to work under the new XOrg.
> > (...)
> >
> > In the Spanish mailing list, a user posted an alternative method to
> > install the latest flgrx package in Wheezy (instructions detailed in this
> > Debian's forum thread):
> >
> > http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=80708#p440494
> >
> > Not sure what solution (downgrading packages or patching a library) would
> > be better, though...
> >
> > Greetings,
> The problem with using AMD's drivers is that they aren't always current
> with the latest X.org. That's probably why there is no fglrx-driver in
> the current Wheezy repositories. Moreover, the driver will likely break
> later as Wheezy evolves.
>
> I've been down this route myself. Eventually I just settled on the open
> source drivers. They work well and are kept updated. The proprietary
> drivers are just too much work when running debian/testing.

+1 on this. I just don't think fglrx is worth the trouble.