Re: ATI RADEON 8500 problem on testing :-(
"Benjamin J. Tilly " <ben_tilly@operamail.com> wrote:
> A couple of months ago I purchased a system from
> http://www.laclinux.com with an ATI RADEON 8500 DDR
> card. (My experience with them has, this current
> problem notwithstanding, been very good.) Their
^^^^^^^^^
> installation notes described custom tweaks that were
> necessary to my Debian install to support my video
> card.
>
> I filed that away, and went on to enjoy my new
> computer. Until this morning when I rebooted after
> an upgrade against testing over the weekend caused part
> of my X11 installation to be upgraded. After the reboot
> my card was no longer supported or recognized. :-(
>
> I had to go to work, so I have not had time to find
> their installation notes (which, IIRC, described both
> a kernel patch which will be in 2.4.19 and something
> specific about drivers), or to try fixing the problem.
> When I get home, does anyone have specific suggestions
> for where I should start? (I have sent a similar
> message to laclinux.)
And so it proved again.
They replied to my email with a list of 3 files that
they had touched on the restore CD, and where they
belonged. Replacing those almost solved my problem.
Replacing those and telling Debian not to try to
maintain XF86Config-4 for me did the rest.
Replacing these is, of course, a hack to hold me until
XFree86 has official support.
Cheers,
Ben
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