xserver-xorg-video-radeon (1:6.12.192-2) unstable; urgency=low * Starting with this version, the radeon driver enables kernel mode setting (KMS) by default. This comes with a framebuffer driver which enables native resolution on the console. KMS also allows faster VT switching and mode changes. Enabling KMS may break X.org drivers that are not KMS-ready, for instance radeonhd or vesa. In case of trouble KMS can be disabled with the 'nomodeset' kernel command line parameter, or by editing /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms.conf. -- Brice Goglin Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:46:25 +0100 xserver-xorg-video-radeon (1:6.12.2-2) unstable; urgency=low * The standard linux kernels in Debian as of version 2.6.29-1 do not contain the firmware necessary to allow the radeon driver to use 3D acceleration via DRI. In addition, the driver will pay significant performance penalties for 2D and Xvideo usage when the firmware is absent. This firmware has been moved to the firmware-linux package in non-free, and must be installed to use this feature. -- David Nusinow Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:14:53 -0400 xserver-xorg-video-ati (1:6.8.1~git20080302.a4398ac3-1) experimental; urgency=low * The 'ati' Xorg driver module does not contain the 'r128' and 'mach64' submodules anymore. Users of Rage or Mach boards may safely remove the xserver-xorg-video-ati packages only if they use Driver "r128" or "mach64" instead of "ati" in their /etc/X11/xorg.conf. -- Brice Goglin Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:22:03 +0100 xserver-xorg-video-ati (1:6.7.197-1) unstable; urgency=low * The X.Org ATI driver supports RandR 1.2 which enables dynamic enabling, disabling, resizing, rotating, placing, ... of multiple outputs at runtime. You might want to update your /etc/X11/xorg.conf accordingly. See http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 and http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/dualhead.html for some help. -- Brice Goglin Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:12:13 +0100