[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#542849: Bug#542849: Bug#542849: fglrx-source: fglrx:firegl_init_device_list *ERROR* Out of memory when allocating device heads

[Patrick Matthäi]

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Paul Harris schrieb:
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> 2009/9/15 Patrick Matthäi <pmatthaei at debian.org
> <mailto:pmatthaei at debian.org>>
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>     Paul Harris schrieb:
>     > as stated here:
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>     http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Legacy/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.2&product=2.4.2.3.9&lang=English
>     <http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Legacy/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.2&product=2.4.2.3.9&lang=English>
>     >
>     <http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Legacy/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.2&product=2.4.2.3.9&lang=English
>     <http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Legacy/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.2&product=2.4.2.3.9&lang=English>>
>     >
>     > the support for older cards has been moved to a legacy driver.
>     >
>     > can we see Debian support for the legacy driver?  I think this is very
>     > important due to the extended lifecycle of linux computers, its likely
>     > these old graphics cards will be around for quite some time into
>     the future.
>     >
>     > This seems to be the only way to get hardware accelerated 3D
>     graphics on
>     > linux with these cards... right?
> 
>     Wrong. Legacy is only for windows.
> 
> 
> Ah, which is why they state:
> The Linux ATI Catalyst™ driver will only be supported in Linux
> distributions prior to February 2009 for the legacy products listed above.
> 
> So can we use the older drivers with newer kernels?  Is it possible to
> create a working driver based on an old release?
> 

No I am sorry and you also forget, that the complete xorg support is
missing.

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