Re: state of xserver-xorg-video-ati

[Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>]

Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org> writes:
>>   (1) Is xserver-xorg-video-ati still necessary, or can i install only
>>   xserver-xorg-video-radeon and avoid the above problem?
>
> -ati is only necessary for automatic loading of the radeon driver. If
> you have a xorg.conf with at least a Section "Device" for Driver
> "radeon", you don't need -ati.

So for the default state (no xorg.conf), it's still needed?

-miles

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