On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:22:02PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Josh Triplett <j...@joshtriplett.org> (20/02/2012): > > As far as I can tell, the X server autodetection used when > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't exist also only looks for "ati", not > > "radeon". Thus, when I upgraded a lenny system to squeeze and purged > > all the X drivers other than "radeon" in the process (to avoid having to > > upgrade them), X refused to start. I had to install > > xserver-xorg-video-ati to get the X server to start again. > > Self-foot-shooting?
If you mean this bit: > xserver-xorg-video-ati (1:6.8.1~git20080302.a4398ac3-1) experimental; > urgency=low > > * The 'ati' Xorg driver module does not contain the 'r128' and 'mach64' > submodules anymore. Users of Rage or Mach boards may safely remove > the xserver-xorg-video-ati packages only if they use Driver "r128" or > "mach64" instead of "ati" in their /etc/X11/xorg.conf. > > -- Brice Goglin <bgog...@debian.org> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:22:03 +0100 Then no, I really do have a radeon, not an r128 or mach64. Also, the version of xserver-xorg-video-ati in unstable (unlike the one in squeeze) seems to document this bug in the package description: > Users of Rage, Mach, or Radeon boards may remove this package only if > they use Driver "r128", "mach64", or "radeon" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf > instead of relying on autodetection. Documenting it in the description doesn't make it less of a bug. :) - Josh Triplett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120220234415.GA1938@leaf
