On Friday 01 April 2011, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:30:28 +0200, C. Hurschler wrote: > > On Friday 01 April 2011, Camaleón wrote: > > > > BTW the card seems to be a "Cedar PRO [Radeon HD 5450]" > > > >> Have you tried another driver (for example, "radeon" or an updated > >> version of Catalyst -now is 11.3-)? > > > > I've tried radeon, but strangely I can't ctrl-alt-F1 to console with > > it.... > > What happens when you press that combo? Nothing, black/blank screen? Can > you jump to another tty (2,3,4,5...)? > > > I don't think compositing worked either, but I can't remember > > for sure. > > It should work, "radeon" is one of the most advanced open drivers for > this task (3D accleration/openGL) :-)
it doesn't. I'll post the log files and a better description as soon as I have the time. > > If you want to give a second chance to radeon driver (I'd do), just > upload your full "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" file to "www.pastebin.com" so > people here can review it. > > > fglrx-driver is at 1:10-9-3 in Squeeze, 11.3 does not seem to be in > > squeeze- backports. > > (...) > > You can always get the updated closed source driver directly from AMD > site. You will have to recompile by yourself if the kernel gets updated, > though. I use Debian Stable because I don't want to waste my time compiling stuff. That worked well in Lenny with debian-multimedia and lenny-backports. Squeeze is IMHO nowhere near as close to being a production desktop system as Lenny was, but my impression might be biased by the problems I am having with my Radeon card... > > Greetings, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201104021431.12020.list.hursch...@gmx.de
