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.
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
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