xorg-driver-fglrx broken in Dapper - am I the only one?

[Darryl Clarke]

On 11/27/05, Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> on Friday after logging out and in again, X didn't start on my Dapper
> (up to date as far as a few dependcy problems with aptitude et al.
> allow). The log looks fine until at the end I get
>
> (II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fglrx
> (II) UnloadModule: "fglrx"
> (EE) Failed to load module "fglrx" (module does not exist, 0)
>
> The same happens for the synaptic touchpad driver, then I get "no
> screens found."
> After reverting to the ati driver instead of fglrx, X starts fine again.
>
> xorg-driver-fglrx and linux-restricted modules are installed, just as
> they ever were.
>
> Does anybody know what's going on?

Same thing happened to nvidia's a week ago.

It'll sort itself out in a day or two, unless there's major issues.

Until then, you should be able to get away with using a generic
driver... the joy of using the next wave 5 months early ;)


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