negafon LQ Newbie

Registered: Feb 2012 Posts: 9

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First, you need to add repositories to /etc/apt/sources.list from snapshot.debian.org. I used these:



Quote: deb http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/d...20515T220710Z/ wheezy main

deb-src http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/d...20515T220710Z/ wheezy main



Quote: Package: xserver-xorg*

Pin: origin "snapshot.debian.org"

Pin-Priority: 1001



Quote: Acquire

{

Check-Valid-Until "false";

}



Quote: apt-get update

apt-get dist-upgrade



http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...eon_linux.aspx



In a terminal, switch to the directory where you downloaded the installer and run these commands as root:



Quote: chmod 744 amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run

./amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run



Thanks to everyone who replied on the thread and to System Saviour, whose Solved! Okay, here's what I did:First, you need to add repositories to /etc/apt/sources.list from snapshot.debian.org. I used these:This gives me a snapshot of the wheezy repos on May 15, 2012 at 10:07PM, before the dreaded upgrades were made to the xorg packages. (You can use another date if you like, as long as it's before May 20.) Next, create the file /etc/apt/preferences.d/60xorg_rollback.pref containing this:This will pin down any apt updates for xorg to this repository only, giving you the version you want. Apt will try to prevent this from happening automatically, so you must create one more file called /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/60ignore_repo_date_check containing:Now, get to a command prompt outside your DE if possible and run these commands as root:You should see something like "Packages to be DOWNGRADED:" with all your xorg packages listed. Hit your 'y' key and you're golden! You should be able to get back into your DE just fine. Now all you have to do is get the 12.4 driver here:In a terminal, switch to the directory where you downloaded the installer and run these commands as root:Reboot and you're all set.Thanks to everyone who replied on the thread and to System Saviour, whose post related to this issue got me pointed in the right direction!