[Pkg-fglrx-devel] r1069 - fglrx-driver/trunk/debian

Andreas Beckmann anbe-guest at alioth.debian.org
Sun Sep 16 08:22:27 UTC 2012


Author: anbe-guest
Date: 2012-09-16 08:22:26 +0000 (Sun, 16 Sep 2012)
New Revision: 1069

Modified:
   fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/changelog
   fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/fglrx-driver.NEWS
   fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/libfglrx.templates
Log:
update notes regarding fglrx-legacy-driver

Modified: fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/changelog	2012-09-13 19:56:15 UTC (rev 1068)
+++ fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/changelog	2012-09-16 08:22:26 UTC (rev 1069)
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@
   * Update Homepage to point to AMD.
   * Update watch file.
   * README.Debian: Add link to unofficial bugzilla for upstream bug reports.
-  * fglrx-driver.NEWS: Mention the availability of fglrx-legacy-driver which
-    supports the legacy Radeon HD 2000/3000/4000 (currently only in
-    experimental but will be provided in wheezy-backports, too).
+  * fglrx-driver.NEWS, libfglrx.templates: Mention the availability of
+    fglrx-legacy-driver which supports the legacy Radeon HD 2000/3000/4000.
+    This package is currently only in experimental but it will be provided in
+    wheezy-backports, too).
 
  -- Andreas Beckmann <debian at abeckmann.de>  Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:44:03 +0200
 

Modified: fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/fglrx-driver.NEWS
===================================================================
--- fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/fglrx-driver.NEWS	2012-09-13 19:56:15 UTC (rev 1068)
+++ fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/fglrx-driver.NEWS	2012-09-16 08:22:26 UTC (rev 1069)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-fglrx-driver (1:12-6-2) unstable; urgency=low
+fglrx-driver (1:12-6+point-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   Starting with the Catalyst 12.6 release, AMD/ATI has moved the support for
   R6XX/R7XX based GPUs to a legacy driver.
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@
         RadeonHD 3000
         RadeonHD 4000
   These graphics adapters are only supported by the fglrx-legacy-driver
-  (which is currently only available in experimental and will be made
-  available via wheezy-backports), or the free Radeon driver
+  package (which is currently only available in experimental and will be
+  made available via wheezy-backports), or the free Radeon driver
   (xserver-xorg-video-radeon).
 
+  Before the Radeon driver can be used you must
+  remove Fglrx configuration from xorg.conf (and xorg.conf.d/).
+  Note that switching to the free Radeon driver requires the
+  fglrx-driver package to be purged (not just removed).
+
  -- Andreas Beckmann <debian at abeckmann.de>  Mon, 04 Jun 2012 10:39:13 +0200

Modified: fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/libfglrx.templates
===================================================================
--- fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/libfglrx.templates	2012-09-13 19:56:15 UTC (rev 1068)
+++ fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/libfglrx.templates	2012-09-16 08:22:26 UTC (rev 1069)
@@ -9,16 +9,23 @@
 Type: boolean
 Default: false
 #flag:translate!:3
-_Description: Install fglrx driver despite unsupported graphics card?
+_Description: Install Fglrx driver despite unsupported graphics card?
  The following graphics chipset found in your system is no longer handled
- by the fglrx driver:
+ by the Fglrx driver (package fglrx-driver):
  .
  ${unsupported-device}
  .
- The above card requires the free Radeon driver in the package
- xserver-xorg-video-radeon. Before the Radeon driver can be used you must
- remove fglrx configuration from xorg.conf (and xorg.conf.d/) and purge
- (not just remove) the fglrx-driver package.
+ The above card requires either the non-free legacy Fglrx driver
+ (package fglrx-legacy-driver) or the free Radeon driver
+ (package xserver-xorg-video-radeon).
  .
- You may wish to keep fglrx (for instance to drive some other card), but
- the above card won't be usable.
+ The fglrx-legacy-driver package will be provided in wheezy-backports.
+ .
+ Before the Radeon driver can be used you must
+ remove Fglrx configuration from xorg.conf (and xorg.conf.d/).
+ .
+ Note that switching to the free Radeon driver requires the
+ fglrx-driver package to be purged (not just removed).
+ .
+ You may wish to keep fglrx-driver (for instance to drive some other card),
+ but the above card won't be usable.




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