[SM-Discuss] update ATi fglrx driver, or help me do so..please!!

Martin Spitzbarth m.spitzbarth at gmx.de
Wed Nov 7 05:16:09 EST 2007


On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 23:58:17 -0700 (MST), "Bearcat M. Sandor"
<sourcemage at feline-soul.com> wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> I just bought a radeon hd 26000 card and much to my dismay our
> ati_driver-new spell is very old.
> 
> I tried updating it. Really i did, but this is the most complicated
> spell i've seen yet and my bash-fu is weak.
> 
> Could someone update this spell or at least give me some pointers?
> 

Hello,

I've been using the ati drivers for quite some time, but their build
scripts always were too different from what sorcery expects, so that I
regularly dropped spell creation after some hours. I took another look
at them today, and I think I've found some clues about where to start
(namely the various .spec files should tell how to build it).

In other words: I'm working on it and see how far I get.

One question that I'd like to have discussed is the name of the updated
spell. My suggestion would be something like ati-fglrx, so that we
don't break something for people who still use ati_driver or
ati_driver-new.

Regards,
Martin
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