[ltp] T42 fglrx driver with debian squeeze

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011, David Griffith wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Oct 2011, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> >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.
> 
> Suppose I bite the bullet and shift my machine to the testing
> branch. Would that get the me the new kernel and drivers of which
> you speak?

Eventually, yes.  Do note that gnome is being transitioned right now. If you
use it, well, it might be best to wait for a while.

I'm keeping my T43 on Debian stable, but with a 3.0.6 kernel.  Works well
enough.

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