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Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:01:35 +0100
From: Peter Weilbacher <newsspam@weilbacher.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system
 update
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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.