Please test new graphics drivers

[domestiko]

Daniel Stone wrote:

>Hi all,
>I'm currently working on both X.Org packages, and the
>linux-restricted-modules package, which contains the nVidia and ATI
>binary drivers.
>
>The X.Org packages contain huge updates to the ATI and nVidia update.  A
>lot of work has been done on the ATI driver to eliminate segfaults and
>should validly detect pretty much every setup -- no matter what you plug
>in, as long as the resolution will work on that display, it should just
>work.  The nVidia driver has a couple of slight speed improvements, and
>support for new cards.
>
>To test these, please grab:
>http://people.ubuntu.com/~daniels/xorg/ARCH-DRIVER_drv.o
>where ARCH is one of i386, amd64, or powerpc, and DRIVER is one of
>radeon or nv (e.g. i386-radeon_drv.o).
>
>To install them, move the old driver out of the way:
>sudo mv /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/DRIVER_drv.o{,.pre-u4}
>and the new one in:
>sudo mv ARCH-DRIVER_drv.o /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/DRIVER_drv.o
>
>Please send me success/failure reports in private mail; failure reports
>accompanied by /var/log/Xorg.0.log, /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and the output
>of 'lspci'.  As a first port of call, try deleting the HorizSync and
>VertRefresh lines from xorg.conf and restarting gdm.
>
>The second round of testing goodies is linux-restricted-modules,
>containing 1.0.6629 (plus patches) of the nVidia driver, plus the newest
>version of the ATI fglrx driver; this is a far more straightforward
>update.  To get these, add:
>deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~daniels/ l-r-m/$(ARCH)/
>to your /etc/apt/sources.list, and run sudo apt-get update && sudo
>apt-get dist-upgrade.  Unfortunately, I do not have any nVidia or ATI
>hardware with me, so these are untested; success/failure reports doubly
>appreciated at this stage.  nvidia-glx-config should now also properly
>patch xorg.conf, as well as XF86Config-4.
>
>While I'd love wide testing, please be aware that the reason I haven't
>uploaded these is because they may well be rough to the point of broken.
>If you're not familiar with your system and able to cope with and repair
>breakages, I recommend you stick to the existing packages.  But if you
>want cool new shiny stuff, give these a spin. :)
>
>Cheers,
>Daniel
>  
>
I have a problem with this package: I can't {don't know how} make Glx 
work. Any program, for example, Neverball, who is trying to start, sends 
this error message:
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open /dev/sequencer: No such file or directory
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
neverball: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed)

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