> Hello. Following an install of wheezy using > debian-wheezy-DI-b2-i386-netinst.iso, > I reported bug #687136 [...] concerning xserver freezes with corruption of > the screen at every boot. The GPU is identified thus: > > [...] > > I've been doing my best to investigate since then and found some sources > which suggest that 3D support for this card was added only as of > libdrm_radeon-2.4.34. As far as I can tell no version more recent than > libdrm_radeon-2.4.33 is available in any Debian repository.
> Would it be possible for someone here to confirm or disconfirm this conjecture > so that I can correct/update the bug report? libdrm 2.4.34 does indeed add support for several additional chipset variations, including thre new TURKS ids. The relevant commit can be viewed at http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/drm/commit/?id=cf7cc62a98 Unfortunately you seem to have cut out the PCI ID from the included GPU identification, so I can't say for sure that your card is one of the new variations. > PS If there is a way for me to hand-compile a more recent version of > libdrm_radeon that might allow the machine to boot without freezing up, I > would really appreciate a link or some pointers. Yes, the following commands should build a libdrm 2.4.39 packages eventually intended for debian experimental: sudo apt-get install build-essential git sudo apt-get build-dep libdrm git clone git://git.debian.org/git/pkg-xorg/lib/libdrm --branch debian-experimental cd libdrm debuild -b -i\.git Alternatively you could check out the "debian-unstable" branch instead and cherry pick just the above mentioned commit. In either case, install the relevant *.deb packages using "sudo dpkg -i ...". Make sure to upgrade all already install libdrm packages simultaneously. Best Regards Jon Severinsson
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