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xserver-xorg-video-ati package

  1. Bug #34435
  2. Comment #88

Comment 88 for bug 34435

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote : Re: [Bug 34435] Re: Cairo and ATI RENDER extension cause scrambled buttons in UbuntuLooks

On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 08:14:30AM -0000, Timo Aaltonen wrote:
> I bet it is, I just closed this for xserver-xorg-driver-ati which was
> renamed to -video-ati for edgy.
>
> You could follow the SRU procedure to get the fix in dapper
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

We generally don't do SRUs for cosmetic problems such as this one; it's not
worth the risk of changing such a critical component as a video driver.
Some guidelines for determining whether a bug should be considered for an
SRU are included in the wiki documentation.

> of if SRU is not the way to go, a backport might be better:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports

This would be a better option.

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 - mdz