Comment 3 for bug 292436

Eric:

Given the difficulty of keeping an up to date list in debian/control, we
might opt to just not provide "any" list.

On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 08:38, Eric P. Mangold <email address hidden> wrote:

> 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
> >> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to fglrx-
> >> installer in ubuntu.
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Mario Limonciello
> > <email address hidden>
> >
> > --
> > FireGL V5200 not listed as a supported card even though it works
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292436
> > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> > of the bug.
> >
>
> --
> FireGL V5200 not listed as a supported card even though it works
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292436
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to fglrx-
> installer in ubuntu.
>

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Mario Limonciello
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