James A. Peltier wrote:
----- Original Message ----- | James A. Peltier wrote: | > This is a known issue. The next proprietary ATI driver is due to be | > released sometime next month and will correct it. | > | Oh, *great*. So I wait a month before I can get his system running a | security-fixed kernel.... | | Btw, while I was waiting for a reply, I created an account on their | website for their fora... and then I can't find a way to post.... | <rolls | eyes> | | Thanks, James. No problem. It was 6 hours of troubleshooting for me. This is certainly why I hate proprietary drivers. I haven't had any problems with nVidia that I can recall.
Don't get me started on nVidia. I reinstall an *old* driver, because my card's too old, and I have to do it for several other users, every time I update the kernel.
mark, 173, the 96 is for someone else, and....
| | mark | > ----- Original Message ----- | > | Upgraded the kernel to the latest, then tried to rebuild the | > | proprietary | > | Catalyst driver for a Radeon HD 4550 on a Dell Optiplex 980. | > | | > | The install dies, with a c error. Anyone else out there succeed in | > | building one on the 2.6.18-194.17.1.el5-x86_64 kernel? I went to | > | the | > | ATI | > | website, and the "installation instructions" include that it needs | > | a) | > | 32 | > | bit software (which? dunno) and b) a couple of Xfree86 packages | > | (huh? | > | why? | > | dunno, probably they haven't updated this page in years). | > | | > | Btw, it's fine for single head, but a relatively ordinary | > | dual-head | > | setup, | > | with what Nvidia calls "individual desktops" ("spanning" seems to | > | mean | > | the | > | same thing on both monitors). The xorg driver seems to work for | > | single | > | head, but no joy with dual head. | > | | > | For that matter, anyone have any contacts? I'm still mousing | > | around | > | the | > | ATI website trying to find an appropriate contact. | > | | > | mark | > | | > | _______________________________________________ | > | CentOS mailing list | > | CentOS@centos.org | > | http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos | > | > -- | > -- | > James A. Peltier | > Systems Analyst (FASNet), VIVARIUM Technical Director | > Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus | > Phone : 778-782-6573 | > Fax : 778-782-3045 | > E-Mail : jpeltier@sfu.ca | > Website : http://www.fas.sfu.ca | http://vivarium.cs.sfu.ca | > MSN : subatomic_spam@hotmail.com | > | > Does your OS has a man 8 lart? | > http://www.xinu.nl/unix/humour/asr-manpages/lart.html | > | > | > _______________________________________________ | > CentOS mailing list | > CentOS@centos.org | > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos | > | | | _______________________________________________ | CentOS mailing list | CentOS@centos.org | http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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James A. Peltier Systems Analyst (FASNet), VIVARIUM Technical Director Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus Phone : 778-782-6573 Fax : 778-782-3045 E-Mail : jpeltier@sfu.ca Website : http://www.fas.sfu.ca | http://vivarium.cs.sfu.ca MSN : subatomic_spam@hotmail.com
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