Bernhard R. Link wrote: > * Thomas Richter <t...@math.tu-berlin.de> [090308 17:32]: > >> The xserver radeon package leaves a completely unusable screen on the >> Hewlett-Packard "BW-PC"s; since >> this is a popular machine ordered in masses by the district of >> Baden-Württemberg in Germany for all >> public institutions, this renders Debian lenny unusable for a large user >> class, including universities >> and student pools. >> > > I guess this is a duplicate of http://bugs.debian.org/508999, because > I reported this for one of the last but one round of BWPCs (back when > they were HP), too. > > With the patch in > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=60;filename=radeon-diff;att=1;bug=508999 > > those work for me. (At least frequencies work. Some other things are > complaining about those Xpress 200 cards, but with disabling enough > acceleration it works). > > >> Interestingly, the driver reports that a LVDS type of connector is in use, >> though this is a desktop >> (HP dc5750 Microtower), not a laptop, and the monitor is connected via DVI, >> not LVDS. >> > > The experimental version is better in naming this, sadly in my > experience adds some other problems instead, though. >
If you just want a recent radeon driver without everything else from experimental, look at http://people.debian.org/~bgoglin/rebuilds/ati-6.11.0-Xserver1.4/ Brice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
