Package: fglrx-driver
Version: 8.40.4-2
Severity: normal
I just tried an update from 8.40.4 to 8.42.3 and discovered that
my hardware (a FireGL V3200) is no longer supported by the new version.
One gets an
(EE) No devices detected
error in the xserver log.
Comparing <http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.40.4.html> and
<http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.42.3.html> it seems
that unfortunately quite a lot of hardware was dropped.
Is it possible to warn users before an update?
Anyway, the package description should be updated. It still lists
the hardware supported by version 8.40.4
Many thanks for the time you dedicate to Debian!
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages fglrx-driver depends on:
ii libc6 2.6.1-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.3-20070902-1 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.6-15 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxext6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxrandr2 2:1.2.2-1 X11 RandR extension library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.1.0-19 the X.Org X server
Versions of packages fglrx-driver recommends:
ii fglrx-kernel-2.6.22-3- 8.40.4-2+2.6.22-5 ATI binary kernel module for Linux
ii fglrx-kernel-src 8.40.4-2 kernel module source for the ATI g
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Meik Hellmund
Mathematisches Institut, Uni Leipzig
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.math.uni-leipzig.de/~hellmund
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