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0. about wait & sleep modes on  catalyst-12.10 and kernel-3.2.0
 Previous words are wrong , right way is to do "modprobe radeonfb" after pure instalation amd-driver-installer-catalyst-12.10-x86.x86_64.run. It's blacklisted in
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf. Comment string with it and make a new file f.e. wait.conf with "options radeonfb" in it. And WAIT and SLEEP mode become  work correctly.
By the way , fglrx-driver_12-6+point-1_i386.deb from testing breaks Wait&Sleep modes.
And at last , preventing editing page makes bad only for you and others , not me .
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Did anyone _ever_ tried successfully to build a debian packet since about 2009???
I've used the --keep keyword of the installer and watched the code. This is ridiculous: 

#Detect x* dir name corresponding to X_NAME
    case ${X_NAME} in
        woody|3.0) echo "Error: ${X_NAME} is no longer supported by this installer" ; exit 1 ;;
        etch|stable|4.0) X_DIR=x710; X_NAME=etch;;
        lenny|testing) X_DIR=x710; X_NAME=lenny;;
        sid|unstable) X_DIR=x710; X_NAME=sid;;
        experimental) X_DIR=x710; X_NAME=experimental;;
        *) echo "Error: invalid package name passed to --buildpkg" ; exit 1 ;;
    esac


Besides the fact that lenny hasn't been testing for a long time now, there isn't a X_DIR "x710" in this whole packet thus you don't need to wonder about it is failing all the time with the error:
"cp: cannot stat `/tmp/fglrx-install.1GJKvS/x710_64a/*': No such file or directory"

== xserver 1.12.3-1 ==

This was rumored to address the segfaults. Does anyone have experience with this version?

Jasmine Hassan: xserver-xorg-core 1.12.3.902-1 with fglrx-driver 12-6+point-1 works for me. Using Radeon HD 7670M, on Inspiron 15R 5520.

== 12.8 / 8.982 ==

The build instructions for 12.8 are what would have worked in earlier versions. But 12.8 unzips to amd-driver-installer-8.982-x86.x86_64.run so the build command should be reflecting this.

== Oddness in "Jessie AKA TESTING Installation ..." subsection ==

Regarding ...

''"Do you use debian or Just do things to feel important, there has been a working fglrx in the repo for along time and the latest one is in experimental with in a week or two"''.

... Ad hominem trollishness at the start (directed at an undefined target) seems unnecessary/unproductive and the latter part makes vague chronological assertions without a point of reference.

Someone knowledgeable may wish to pare it down or remove ... meh ... I went ahead and looked it up in synaptic via antiX 15.1 (with default Debian Jessie repos) and, yes, fglrx packages are there. I'll re-word into a more neutrally toned update note.

—kevjonesin—