ATI Linux driver packages for Debian (prerelease)

Here you can find prerelease versions of the official Debian packages for the ATI Linux driver. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK and DO NOT CONTACT ME ABOUT THESE unless you are helping with getting them into Debian.

Detailed instructions, the old installer packages and disclaimers are here.

Go to the Debian Package Tracking System page on fglrx-driver for details on the version currently in the official Debian archive.

News

Dec 17, 2006

Version 8.28.8-5 is available. Documentation update only.

Dec 4, 2006

Version 8.28.8-4 migrated to testing.

Nov 22, 2006

Version 8.28.8-4 uploaded to unstable.

Nov 20, 2006

Version 8.28.8-4 is available. More bug fixes...

Nov 7, 2006

Version 8.28.8-3 uploaded to unstable.

Nov 2, 2006

Version 8.28.8-3 is available. This is a bugfix release; let's forget about 8.29.6 and 8.30.3 for now, the etch freeze is near and I want to have a stable version that supports (imperfectly, maybe) as many cards as possible. 8.28.8 has some problems, but at least it allows you to play Doom 3 on R200 hardware. That's a plus for me. ;) I'll have 8.30.3 uploaded to experimental as soon as this reaches unstable.

Oct 25, 2006

Version 8.28.8-2 migrated to testing.

Oct 9, 2006

Version 8.29.6-1 is available. Note that this was only briefly tested because I had to borrow a supported card from my brother's computer and I could keep it only for a few hours.

Sep 26, 2006

Version 8.28.8-2 uploaded to unstable.

Sep 25, 2006

Version 8.28.8-2 is available. I would have liked to upload 8.29.6 straight away, but unfortunately it doesn't support my 9250 so I'm not able to test it. Let's see what I can do about it.

Sep 18, 2006

Version 8.28.8-1 uploaded to unstable.

Sep 1, 2006

Version 8.28.8-1 is available. Follow its history with gitweb.

Sep 1, 2006

I apologize for not answering mails and not releasing new versions, but during the past month I've been on vacation, then back to work and I haven't had much time to work on the fglrx packages.

Aug 4, 2006

Version 8.27.10-1 is available. Beware: it installs just fine, but it is mostly untested (especially the power management stuff) because the DVI connector still doesn't work on my RV280 so I've been using the X.org driver lately. Also, people tell me that the problems with R200 hardware are still there; it looks like ATI is silently dropping support for older hardware...

Apr 22, 2006

Version 8.24.8-1 uploaded to unstable.

Apr 18, 2006

Version 8.24.8 is available. This version includes support for X.Org 7.0 and for kernel 2.6.16.

Upgrading from previous versions is quite tricky because libGL is moving from /usr/X11R6/lib to /usr/lib and I couldn't figure out a completely safe way to upgrade the libGL diversion. Upgrading should in fact work just fine, but downgrading to previous versions and recovery from errors during upgrades are broken.

Therefore, I recommend to completely remove previous versions of this package before installing. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Mar 21, 2006

Although the ATI installer can create Debian packages based on my work, I do not support those packages. Please stop sending bug reports to the Debian Bug Tracking System alleging that the official Debian packages are broken because they don't install nicely over the packages produced by the ATI installer.

You must completely remove the packages built by the ATI installer before installing the official Debian fglrx packages.

Do not mix official Debian packages and packages from random sources unless you know what you're doing. It doesn't work.

Overview

You can download these packages with apt by adding the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:

deb-src http://www.stanchina.net/~flavio/debian-official/ /

If you are using the latest APT with signature checking, get my GPG key here.

Source

These source packages will package the ATI driver version 8.28.8.

Binaries

Binary packages are not currently available; please build your own.

Source from git

If you are interested in the latest, greatest and probably broken package source, you can get it from my git repository here:

$ cg-clone git://stanchina.net/srv/git/fglrx-driver-8.28.8

You can also browse the repository with gitweb.

Copyright © Flavio Stanchina
December 17, 2006 at 21:44:40