Joe Hart wrote: > Tim Wood wrote: >> I'm another who has problems with the latest upgrade in sid's xorg. > >> My video is ATI Radeon X1600, which requires the proprietary fglrx >> driver. This has been running well on my HP NX8420 giving me the full >> 1680*1050 resolution. The problem now as reported in Xorg.0.log: > >> (II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc." >> compiled for 7.1.0, module version = 8.28.8 >> Module class: X.Org Video Driver >> ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0 >> [R200Setup] X version mismatch - detected X.org 1.3.0.0, required X.org >> 7.1.0.0 > >> I upgraded from a 2.6.18 kernel to 2.6.20 but module-assistant can't >> even compile the module. It compiles OK on 2.6.18, but trying to load it >> gives the error above. I was interested to note that Xorg.0.log reports >> the version as 1.3.0.0, matching the error above. [...] > > Blame ATI. Their driver do not work with the newer kernel, and a rumor > has it that M$ is behind the deal because ATI is the supplier for the > video in the xbox 360. The only solution until ATI gets off their butts > and fixes their drivers is for you to use the free drivers. > > There are 2. radeon and ati. Neither are as good as the older fglrx, > but the radeon version can at least handle GL. > The newest fglrx-driver from ATI 8.36.5 supports kernel 2.6.20.x. But for the other problem, the detection of X.org 1.3.0.0, I'm not sure.
For the case of the closed source driver, may I call your attention to the ATI/AMD Radeon XPRESS 200M Linux Driver Petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/x200MLin/petition.html ? Maybe this is the way to reach hardware vendors if they don't ask their customers by them self like Dell did. -- Regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
