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From: Peter Weilbacher <newsspam@weilbacher.org>
To: <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:01:35 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <519b0f58c76c44d983f540dbeef9628c@weilbacher.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201211272309.19599.michaelkintzios@gmail.com>

On 2012-11-28 00:08, Mick wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 Nov 2012 17:18:43 design [depois das dez] wrote:
>> My video driver is an ATI Radeon 9600 (RV350) and somebody has 
>> already
>> updated the section on the Gentoo wiki
>> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon#Kernels_.3E.3D3.0.0 informing 
>> that
>> there might be incompatibilities concerning the RV350 firmware. I 
>> just
>> don't have enough understanding of the video related parts of the 
>> system to
>> tweak and fix this issue. How should I proceed when I have a problem 
>> of
>> this sort?
[...]
> The link you provided says that you should disable framebuffer in 
> your kernel
> config.  Have you tried that?

I have the same problem and this solution sucks. :-(
Before this update I had such a nice console setup with framebuffer 
splash,
a nice small font, and a Gentoo decoration around it. Really sad to see 
that
go.
    Peter.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-11-30  9:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-27 17:18 [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update design [depois das dez]
2012-11-27 23:08 ` Mick
2012-11-28  9:36   ` Jacques Montier
2012-11-28 18:29     ` design [depois das dez]
2012-11-30  9:01   ` Peter Weilbacher [this message]
2012-11-30 17:47     ` Mick
2012-12-04  9:42       ` Peter Weilbacher
2012-12-04 10:05         ` Jacques Montier
2012-12-04 18:52           ` Peter Weilbacher
2013-01-03 10:59             ` Peter Weilbacher
2013-01-03 12:59               ` Bruce Hill
2013-01-04 13:14                 ` Peter Weilbacher

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