[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#624191: Bug#624191: Bug#624191: fglrx-driver: Some versions of fglrx have problems with hibernate/suspend

[Michael Gilbert]

Oleg Broytman wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 07:16:38PM +0200, Patrick Matth?i wrote:
> > Am 26.04.2011 11:27, schrieb Oleg Broytman:
> > > Severity: critical
> > > Justification: breaks the whole system
> > 
> > Sorry but those bugs are not RC.
> 
>    Is it because fglrx is non-free? Well, I will not insist on the
> severity.

No, because an issue in hibernation is a normal/average bug, not a
critical one.

> > > On my notebook (http://phdru.name/notebooks/FujitsuSiemens_AMILO_Xi2550.html)
> > > some versions of fglrx have problems with hibernate/suspend. The
> > > problematic versions are from 10-4 to 10-11. Versions before 10-3 and
> > > after 10-12 (including 10-3 and 10-12) work fine.
> > > 
> > > In Debian 6.0 "squeeze" current version of fglrx is 10-9. Please update
> > > all fglrx-related packages to a later version, 10-12 or up.
> > 
> > Did you verified if it works with e.g. 11-3?
> 
>    11-1 and 11-2 worked. I cannot test 11-3 because proprietary version
> at http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx
> cannot be installed on squeeze. If someone familiar with debianizing the
> installer generates *.deb I can test them.

We don't support the upstream driver packages directly.  You should use
the packages for your release (or backports packages) if you want
support.

Best wishes,
Mike