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xserver-xorg-video-amd package

  1. Bug #180742
  2. Comment #25

Comment 25 for bug 180742

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Martin-Éric Racine (q-funk) wrote : Re: [Bug 180742] Re: xf86-video-amd: switching to a vcons fails

On 2/8/08, Romeo <email address hidden> wrote:
> i've tried to compile kernel v2.6.24 with AMD GEODE family framebufer
> support (as described on http://ca.blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-
> RkGSoVA1brWtXrVH9Gr5CzgVujwwGg--?cq=1&tag=lx800 ) - the same behavour as
> described before =( is this related to xorg-core? or this is a kernel
> bug?

This is an X core bug. Building the same AMD driver against an older X
release (up to 1.2) produces a driver that freely changes vcons.

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