[ltp] T42 fglrx driver with debian squeeze

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Fri, 14 Oct 2011, David Griffith wrote:
> had before I upgraded to Squeeze.  I was hoping to figure out some
> way to get the old binary driver installed.  If that's not doable,

Old fglrx has way too many bugs, it will cause problems.

> how can I get this latest open source driver without shifting my
> entire machine to testing or unstable?

You need a new kernel (or one with the DRM/KMS stuff backported), and also a
backport of the x.org drivers and of mesa.

Maybe someone has done that and will reply with step-by-step instructions
for you.

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