Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon > Version: 1:6.12.4-2 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > since Debian testing is now shipping with Linux Kernel 2.6.32 which has > mature support > for kernel-based modesetting it would be a nice option to have KMS also > enabled in the > xorg driver to take full advantage of KMS. > > I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) Alpha on a second machine with same the > Radeon chipset > (X300) and haven't had any KMS-related problems recently. However, Ubuntu > 10.04 ships > with a more recent version of that driver (6.12.99+git20100126) so I think it > might > be necessary to update the driver as well. >
Yes, KMS cannot be enabled in current 6.12 packages, we need a snapshot of git master. I am thinking of working on this in the next days and upload it to experimental. Last time I tried, I had some problems with the radeon kernel driver being loaded too late (see [1]). What do you use on Ubuntu in /etc/modprobe.d/ or on the kernel command line ? Brice [1] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25607 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
