Hi ! Thanks for testing and reporting !
A backport is currently being uploaded to backports.org :-) Romain Le Thursday 08 May 2008 22:15:26 Stuart Prescott, vous avez écrit : > Hi all, > > I took a deep breath the other day and installed the etchnhalf packages > from etch-proposed-updates on my laptop. (Dell Inspiron 6400 with ATI > X1400). > > What I did is sketched out below [1]. I now have a nice etchnhalf kernel > with fglrx working quite happily. 3D acceleration is working and it seems > to be surviving suspend-to-disk cycles without any hassles either (which > was one of the things I was seeking to improve with this exercise). > > I hope this is useful information for you. It at least tells you that it's > all possible even if some of the details below are a little scant and you > would obviously do things slightly differently for backports.org. > > Please let me know if I can provide further information. > > cheers > Stuart > > ---- fglrx lenny->etchnhalf log ---- > > # Install etchnhalf kernel and kernel headers > aptitude install linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 \ > linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 > > # reboot into new kernel, cross fingers > reboot > > # dance around the room when it all seems to come up working OK. > laptop > > # install build-deps for Lenny's fglrx-driver [2] > apt-get install x11proto-core-dev libx11-dev libxtst-dev \ > libxxf86misc-dev libxxf86vm-dev libxinerama-dev \ > docbook-xml docbook-xsl xsltproc rpl > > # build a backport of the fglrx-driver [3] > apt-get -b source -t testing fglrx-driver > > # pull the kernel module from Lenny too and build it > apt-get install -t testing fglrx-kernel-src > m-a build fglrx-kernel-src > > # install the lot > dpkg -i fglrx-driver_8.47.3-3_i386.deb \ > fglrx-glx_8.47.3-3_i386.deb \ > > /usr/src/fglrx-kernel-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686_8.47.3-3+2.6.24-6~etchnhalf. >1_i386.deb > > # load module, start x etc as per normal > > > > [1] Apologies... this is only an approximate log as it wasn't entirely as > linear as this and I was also futzing with getting iwlwifi to work in place > of ipw3945 which confuses things a little too. In any case, it shows that > it is possible to get Lenny's fglrx working with etch's xorg which is the > main issue here. > > [2] I can't recall why I didn't just apt-get build-dep here... > > [3] Yeah, OK... dch --bpo etc would be preferable. > > ---- > Final state: > > $ dpkg -l fglrx* linux-image* xserver-xorg | grep ^ii > > ii fglrx-driver 8.47.3-3 > non-free AMD/ATI r5xx, r6xx display driver > ii fglrx-glx 8.47.3-3 > proprietary libGL for the non-free AMD/ATI r > ii fglrx-kernel-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 8.47.3-3+2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.1 ATI > binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.24-et > ii fglrx-kernel-src 8.47.3-3 > kernel module source for the non-free AMD/AT > ii linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.1 > Linux 2.6.24 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/ > ii xserver-xorg 7.1.0-19 the > X.Org X server -- Ask no question, hear no lies ! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
