Radeon Driver help

[don fisher]

Steve Grace wrote:
> On 01/16/2011 01:28 PM, don fisher wrote:
> 
>> Steve Grace wrote:
>>> On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 3:08 PM, don fisher<hdf3 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am currently running version Ubuntu 9.10 with all updates applied.
>>>
>>>> The status [of the driver fix] is "Resolved Fixed", with a
>>>> modification date of 2009-11-25.
>>>
>>> Did you notice that the driver problem was resolved AFTER your version
>>> of Ubuntu was released? Generally, the updates are only for security
>>> issues. I wouldn't expect to get the driver fix automatically.
>>>
>>> Have you considered moving to a newer version of Ubuntu?
> 
>> I am running version 2.6.31-22-generic kernel, which is the latest I see
>> under synaptic. Would a later distribution use a different kernel? I had
>> assumed that the latest kernels were applied during an update. Please
>> advise if I am incorrect. Version 2.3.37 is the latest at kernel.org.
> 
> I use Ubuntu 10.04 and my kernel is 2.6.32-27-generic.
> 

Thanks. I will try ti upgrade my system. At present I cannot find an ftp 
site with the 10.04 and 10.10 iso images. All I can find are bittorent 
site which will not work through my provider. Fedora was much easier!