[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#683785: fglrx-source: Often hangs by using 3d

[Andreas Beckmann]

Hi Pierre,

On 2012-08-04 00:50, Pierre Bernhardt wrote:
> Package: fglrx-source
> Version: 12-3-1~bpo60+1
[...]
> With 12-6-2 release installation from unstable (allready not further available)
> I didn't have the problem so it looks like the problems are fixed.
[...]
> So please upgrade all related fglrx packages to a newer relese e.g. the 12-6-2.

If I understood correctly, you are asking for an updated fglrx-driver
package (12-6) in squeeze-backports?

That will be wontfix, at least for now. AMD has dropped support for
anything older than Radeon HD 5000 in the 12-6 beta release - so this
driver is not going into backports unless we get fglrx-legacy-driver
(which supports only Radeon HD 2000/3000/4000 series, currently in NEW)
into backports first.
And the -ia32 packages have been turned into transitional packages for
good, I don't plan to revert this (for possible backports).

> Because of split packages (32 bit) to multiarch it is not further easy to use
> the unstable release.

So please use the driver from sid (which will hopefully get into wheezy)
and install the multiarch packages you need:

  apt-get install apt/wheezy dpkg/wheezy
  dpkg --add-architecture i386
  apt-get update
  apt-get install libgl1-fglrx-glx:i386

Andreas