On Wednesday 02 September 2009 03:57:22 am Thomas Bächler wrote: > David C. Rankin schrieb: > > Now with the driver static, I wonder if it might not be worth looking > > into to see if it is even feasable to try and make it work with the > > current arch setup. > > That doesn't change anything. The driver is incompatible with the > current Xorg ABI - and if it isn't, be sure it'll be incompatible with > the next version for at least half a year. > > It is also incompatible with the latest kernel - if not, it will be with > the next version. > > ATI completely fails to keep up with Xorg and kernel development and > simply sticks to what Ubuntu releases. Nobody in the Arch team will put > that kind of effort in a piece of binary-blob software whose upstream > maintainer doesn't even care. > Thanks, we'll keep working with the radeonhd folks! -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
