Not sure. I'm not that well versed on the intricacies of the X server and/or the linux kernel.
I think it would take someone from AMD to say whether or not their newest driver REALLY needs version 11 of the ABI, or if versions 12/13 are actually okay as well. On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Raymond Wells <[email protected]> wrote: > According to: http://www.x.org/wiki/XorgModuleABIVersions > > "Modules reporting they require a incompatible version number will not > be loaded unless the -ignoreABI option is used. (Modules can also check > ABI versions themselves, and choose which function variant to call or > structure variant to access, based on the reported versions - this is > the option used by some closed source drivers for instance.) " > > In light of this, would it be possible to somehow force the correct ABI > version with the new XServer & legacy fglrx driver? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (1059655). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058040 > > Title: > fglrx-installer does not support HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1058040/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058040 Title: fglrx-installer does not support HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Following the AMD decision to drop support for older hardware fglrx- installer will install non-working drivers for some users. I suggest the addition of an fglrx-legacy package to install the AMD legacy drivers for users with older cards. Output for fglrx 9.00 [1]: # lspci|grep VGA 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS780L [Radeon HD 3000] # modprobe fglrx FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/3.5.0-15-generic/updates/dkms/fglrx.ko): No such device # dmesg|tail -n3 [ 6785.693869] [fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 7132 MBytes. [ 6785.694089] [fglrx:firegl_init_device_list] *ERROR* No supported display adapters were found [ 6785.694091] [fglrx:firegl_init_module] *ERROR* firegl_init_devices failed # dpkg --list|grep fglrx ii fglrx 2:9.000-0ubuntu1 amd64 Video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators ii fglrx-amdcccle 2:9.000-0ubuntu1 amd64 Catalyst Control Center for the AMD graphics accelerators [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer- updates/+bug/1032672/comments/34 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1058040/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
