Xorg 1.8 and fglrx (patch request)

[mrl586]

Fglrx driver doesn't work with xorg 1.8 without patch. According Arch Linux forums this driver needs version number patch: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=36328
Can someone add this patch to Ubuntu repository?

[Robert Hooker (sarvatt)]

No, we won't be patching xserver's version to pretend it's 1.7.x.

[mrl586 (mrl586)]

Reply to #1: Can you or someone else create patched xorg package on PPA repository?

[mrl586 (mrl586)]

There are some discussion in Gentoo Forums: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-820893-start-0-postdays-0-postorder-asc-highlight-.html

[David Lee (ramchyld)]

Can someone please do something about this? I have an AMD desktop that crossfires an A10's RadeonHD 7660D with a PCI Express 6670G. Up until 15.10 this setup works great. However I am unable to use 16.04 optimally because the open source RADEON drivers can't do crossfire. The upcoming AMDGPU drivers can crossfire but will only support the newer Southern Islands chipsets (those cars that start with Rx xxx). Additionally the RADEON drivers can't do OpenCL either. I think AMD jumped the gun and dumped FGLRX too soon.