Radeon Driver help

[Steve Grace]

On 01/16/2011 01:28 PM, don fisher wrote:

> Steve Grace wrote:
>> On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 3:08 PM, don fisher<hdf3 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I am currently running version Ubuntu 9.10 with all updates applied.
>>
>>> The status [of the driver fix] is "Resolved Fixed", with a
>>> modification date of 2009-11-25.
>>
>> Did you notice that the driver problem was resolved AFTER your version
>> of Ubuntu was released? Generally, the updates are only for security
>> issues. I wouldn't expect to get the driver fix automatically.
>>
>> Have you considered moving to a newer version of Ubuntu?

> I am running version 2.6.31-22-generic kernel, which is the latest I see
> under synaptic. Would a later distribution use a different kernel? I had
> assumed that the latest kernels were applied during an update. Please
> advise if I am incorrect. Version 2.3.37 is the latest at kernel.org.

I use Ubuntu 10.04 and my kernel is 2.6.32-27-generic.