[Pkg-fglrx-devel] r556 - fglrx-driver/trunk/debian
Patrick Matthäi
pmatthaei at alioth.debian.org
Sun Feb 13 20:48:15 UTC 2011
Author: pmatthaei
Date: 2011-02-13 20:48:15 +0000 (Sun, 13 Feb 2011)
New Revision: 556
Modified:
fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/README.Debian
fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/changelog
Log:
* Update README.Debian.
Modified: fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/README.Debian
===================================================================
--- fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/README.Debian 2011-02-13 20:42:38 UTC (rev 555)
+++ fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/README.Debian 2011-02-13 20:48:15 UTC (rev 556)
@@ -1,24 +1,16 @@
This driver will replace parts of your X11/Mesa system:
=======================================================
If you encounter problems with the fglrx driver it is not enough to switch back
-to vesa, radeon{hd}, because the fglrx driver replaces some parts of your
+to vesa or radeon, because the fglrx driver replaces some parts of your
X11/Mesa system which will be still loaded.
The only solution is to remove fglrx from your system.
Installing fglrx with 3d acceleration support:
==============================================
-First you have to install the "fglrx-source" package with apt:
- # apt-get install fglrx-source
+First you have to install the "fglrx-modules-dkms" package with apt:
+ # apt-get install fglrx-modules-dkms
Also the rest of the needed fglrx packages.
-After that you have to create the modules with module-assistant
-for your running kernel. You could do this by just typing
- # m-a
-and then following the steps there or in short:
- # m-a a-i fglrx
-
-This command will try to build and install the needed fglrx kernel module.
-
Now you can create the initial config by typing:
# aticonfig --initial
@@ -30,16 +22,6 @@
Now you should reboot and have a fine running fglrx with 3d acceleration
support.
-Low resolution after upgrading to the latest version:
-=====================================================
-
-If you are upgrading e.g. from version 1:8-7 to 1:8-12 and your screen
-resolution is corrupted, just start "amdcccle" (AMD's control panel) and
-restart X11 after it.
-For more information see:
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=513208
-
-
DefaultDepth 24 has to be set in xorg.conf:
===========================================
fglrx will not start unless "DefaultDepth 24" has been set in your xorg.conf.
Modified: fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/changelog 2011-02-13 20:42:38 UTC (rev 555)
+++ fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/changelog 2011-02-13 20:48:15 UTC (rev 556)
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
xorg.conf.
Closes: #613136
* Cleanup scripts in debian/acpi/.
+ * Update README.Debian.
- -- Patrick Matthäi <pmatthaei at debian.org> Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:42:12 +0100
+ -- Patrick Matthäi <pmatthaei at debian.org> Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:47:58 +0100
fglrx-driver (1:11-1-3) unstable; urgency=low
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