I may have missed something here, but why is it not necessary to divert libGL anymore for <span class="nfakPe">fglrx</span>? I don't recall seeing any indications that it was no longer being shipped with the driver?<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 20, 2007 1:38 AM, Timo Aaltonen <<a href="mailto:tjaalton@cc.hut.fi">tjaalton@cc.hut.fi</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Timo Aaltonen wrote:<br><br>><br>> Hi!<br>><br>> We've packaged a new restricted modules package for hardy. The<br>> nvidia/fglrx -drivers won't work with the new xserver, and they also
<br>> conflict because l-r-m Provides: xserver-xorg-video, when it should be<br>> x-x-v-ABIVER. Those are now fixed, and packages for i386 and amd64 are<br>> here (no apt-support):<br>><br>> <a href="http://people.ubuntuwire.com/%7Etepsipakki/lrm/" target="_blank">
http://people.ubuntuwire.com/~tepsipakki/lrm/</a><br>><br>> debdiff and the sources are also provided, and here is the changelog:<br>><br>> linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22 (2.6.22.5-14.1~tja1) hardy; urgency=low
<br>><br>> [ Bryce Harrington ]<br>> * Add new fglrx 8.42.3 because it's needed for xorg-server 1.4.<br>> * debian/rules: Disable extraction and building of panel code.<br>> * Drop patch 0-panel-qt-mt-i386.diff
: panel no longer exists.<br>> * Drop patch 2-ioctl32-is-obsolete.diff: Does not apply any longer.<br>><br>> [ Timo Aaltonen ]<br>> * Update older NVidia drivers to versions that support xorg-server 1.4
:<br>> - legacy: 1.0-7185 -> 71.85.01<br>> - current: 1.0-9639 -> 96.43.01<br>> * debian/control.stub.in:<br>> - Set nvidia and fglrx to provide xserver-xorg-video-2, which is the<br>> current ABI version of xorg-server.
<br>> - xorg-driver-fglrx:<br>> + Doesn't need to conflict with nvidia anymore.<br>> + Updated the list of supported cards.<br>> * debian/nvidia-glx.{preinst,postrm}.in<br>> - Divert
libwfb.so provided by xserver-xorg-core.<br>> - Clean up old X11R6 diversions from preinst.<br>> * debian/rules<br>> - Do not include libGL in xorg-driver-fglrx, it works fine with the system<br>> version.
<br>> - Do not include any 32bit stuff in the amd64 build, since there is none.<br>> * debian/xorg-driver-fglrx.preinst<br>> - No need to divert anymore, since libGL is not included.<br>> - Copy a function from Debian
fglrx-driver.preinst to do the cleanup already<br>> on upgrade, and edit it to suit this package.<br>> * debian/xorg-driver-fglrx.links*:<br>> - Don't link libGL.<br>> - Remove .amd64, since it's now identical with the generic one.
<br>><br>><br>> The fglrx-driver is not perfect, for instance FireGL -support has been<br>> suspended in 8.4x, but at least it works with the new server for those<br>> who need it. The nvidia-glx-new hasn't been updated although there is a
<br>> minor update to it.<br>><br>> Comments?<br><br>This version was uploaded later when there were enough people who tested<br>it.<br><br>Ben, why did you not use this version when you started working on a l-r-m
<br>for 2.6.24? Those were all desired changes, especially the fgrlx not<br>needing to divert libGL anymore -> users can choose to try out<br>radeon/radeonhd if there's need. Also, the drivers should Provide<br>xserver-xorg-video-2 now, otherwise they are uninstallable:
<br><br><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/177609" target="_blank">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/177609</a><br><br><br>t<br><font color="#888888"><br>--<br>ubuntu-devel mailing list
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