A possible hack fix
Here's what I would do:
1: install the distro I wanted to use
2: install the kernel and the X server (all of it) from the last distro the legacy driver supported
3: install the legacy driver supported by that X server
There are surprisingly few packages with versioned dependancies on X or the kernel, so this just might work. Do this from a clean install or if you are hacking a running system take a dd snapshot of your OS partition first, and make sure you can work from console to screw around with xorg.conf and that sort of thing. You are basically forking the disto to rebuild it around a
known good driver
Originally posted by pchristy
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1: install the distro I wanted to use
2: install the kernel and the X server (all of it) from the last distro the legacy driver supported
3: install the legacy driver supported by that X server
There are surprisingly few packages with versioned dependancies on X or the kernel, so this just might work. Do this from a clean install or if you are hacking a running system take a dd snapshot of your OS partition first, and make sure you can work from console to screw around with xorg.conf and that sort of thing. You are basically forking the disto to rebuild it around a
known good driver
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