Bug#561526: xserver-xorg: newer version needed to match kernel 2.6.32's radeon drm
Xavier Bestel wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.5~3
> Severity: important
>
>
> Hi,
>
> now that the kernel 2.6.32 is available in debian, Xorg isn't compatible
> with the radeon drm anymore:
> [dri] radeon kernel module version is 2.0.0 but version 1.17.0 or newer is needed.
> [dri] Disabling DRI.
> That means, with an r600, the drm sets the mode in the kernel, and then Xorg
> tries to do the same in userspace and fails. The result is quite pretty (nice
> colored vertical stripes on the screen) but completely unusable.
> Would it be possible to have a newer xserver+radeon ddx to handle that case ?
>
Xserver is already in experimental with radeon 6.12.4. libdrm 2.4.16 was
supposed to bring libdrm_radeon but it needs to go through NEW again first.
Once we'll have the right to upload Xorg 7.5 to sid, I'll probably put a
radeon git master in experimental. I have everything running on my
laptop but I just can't upload :)
Brice
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