Xorg 7.3 and AMD ATI driver fglrx 8.40.4 issue
Xorg 7.3 is now available in Debian sid. I am using fglrx 8.40.4 for my ATI Mobility Radeon X1300. Looks like fglrx 8.40.4 works only with XFree86 4.3 and X.Org 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2. When I restarted my X after the upgrade, it failed to start with the following message.
(II) LoadModule: "fglrx" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so (II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc." compiled for 7.1.0, module version = 8.39.4 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0 (EE) module ABI major version (1) doesn't match the server's version (2) (II) UnloadModule: "fglrx" (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so (EE) Failed to load module "fglrx" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
I can't wait till I get updated driver from AMD. I have asked X to ignore ABI versions. If you are using gdm, edit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf to have the following lines at the end.
[server-Standard] command=/usr/bin/X -audit 0 -ignoreABI