slackware64-current w/ xorg-server-1.14 & AMD catalyst

lanir · 03-15-2013, 05:53 PM

Basically the combination of xorg-server 1.14 and the AMD catalyst driver 13.1 don't seem to work. I can startx into an XFCE basic session and even get a few programs to run. But starting Thunderbird seems to cause a crash every time.

Is there any chance we could get a repost of the xorg-server 1.13 package somewhere? Reverting to an earlier xorg version seems to be the workaround others are using at the moment.

BroX · 03-16-2013, 03:18 AM

At this moment, the following mirror still has the previous batch of x-packages:

ftp://ifconfig.com.ua/pub/Mirror/sla...slackware64/x/

Get them before they are sync'd with current.

ponce · 03-16-2013, 04:34 AM

I've mirrored them here, just in case also that gets updated

http://ponce.cc/slackware/various/temp-rollback/

but the problem that when we use proprietary drivers (I'm speaking also for the nvidia ones) we rely on the efforts of just a few devs that can't keep up with upstream will be there also in the future.

lanir · 03-16-2013, 08:56 AM

Thanks! That got me sorted out.

I agree with the sentiment about proprietary drivers. It's for that reason my next laptop is very likely to have intel graphics.

walecha · 03-17-2013, 08:21 AM

Thanks for the rollback packages. Now I can log in to KDE again.