Debian Open Source

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Debian Open Source drivers

Debian provides some Open Source drivers from the Xorg project in the package xserver-xorg-video-radeon.

Current Open Source versions

At the time of writing (2012-01-08), the open source driver versions provided by the different releases of Debian are:

Debian Release Xorg driver version
lenny 6.9.0
squeeze 6.13.1
squeeze-backports 6.14.2
wheezy 6.14.3

For an updated list, see http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=xserver-xorg-video-radeon&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

Device Support matrix

The newer the ATI chipset, the newer the driver version required.

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Engineering Name Marketing Name Minimum Supporting Driver
Cayman HD69xx 6.14.1 (minimum 6.14.2 for acceleration)