Older ATI Radeons not supported from fglrx driver above 8.28.8
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20 (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: xorg-driver-fglrx
I'm using feisty.
The description of the packages contains the following:
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Version: 7.1.0-8.
This version of the ATI driver officially supports:
* ATI Radeon 8500, 9000, 9100, 9200, 9250 (R2xx)
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But ATI writes the following at this webpage:
http://
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Release 8.28.8:
August 18, 2006
Note - This is the last driver version to support the following products:
Radeon® 8500/9000/
Mobility™ Radeon® 9000/9100/9200
Radeon® IGP 9000/9100/9200
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The unsupported Cards should be removed from the package description.
There should be a new package in the feisty Repo i.e. xorg-driver-
This Bug is related to Bug #71106 (and maybe others). Related forum thread: http://
All people who owned one of this cards and want to use dri are affected by this bug.
description: | updated |
Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
I myself have a Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP in my laptop, and it's a pity that the new fglrx drivers simply won't load.
Open source driver, you say? I agree that open source is mostly a good thing, but the problem is that AIGLX and radeon drivers are slow for me. I tried all the xorg.conf optimizations floating around, and they don't really help much. I had Xgl+fglrx running fine on Edgy though. It was smooth.