Comment 2 for bug 292436

Yes it does show up in Jockey. Yes I'm only talking about the package
comments, which have changed from the 8.04 version of the package, and
no longer list my card even though it is still supported.

On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 1:04 AM, Mario Limonciello <email address hidden> wrote:
> Can you confirm whether it was listed in Jockey (Hardware Drivers)? If not,
> then AMD doesn't believe this card should be working with this release. Are
> you strictly referring to the packaging comments in debian/control (Which
> haven't been updated in a long time)?
>
> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 20:13, Eric P. Mangold <email address hidden>
> wrote:
>
>> Public bug reported:
>>
>> Binary package hint: xorg-driver-fglrx
>>
>> The release notes for Intrepid talk about certain ATI cards no longer
>> being supported by the proprietary FGLRX driver. My card, a FireGL V5200
>> in a ThinkPad T60P has *not* been listed as having support removed.
>>
>> And indeed, the Intrepid version of the package (xorg-driver-fglrx
>> 2:8.543-0ubuntu4) DOES support this video card. My laptop is running it
>> just fine after upgrading to Intrepid.
>>
>> The problem is that the new Intrepid version of the package no longer
>> lists my card in the package description. The old Ubuntu 8.04 version of
>> the packages DOES list the FireGL V5200 as a supported card.
>>
>> This caused me much confusion, and I pondered even performing the
>> upgrade at all. In the end, everything works, but the package should be
>> updated to list this card (and possible other FireGL cards) as supported
>> (at least *un*officially?)
>>
>> ** Affects: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
>> Importance: Undecided
>> Status: New
>>
>> --
>> FireGL V5200 not listed as a supported card even though it works
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292436
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>> installer in ubuntu.
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>
>
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> Mario Limonciello
> <email address hidden>
>
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> FireGL V5200 not listed as a supported card even though it works
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292436
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