After a while with headaches and constant research I finally got to install the latest ATI/RADEON legacy driver into my Vaio laptop running Debian Wheezy. FYI the video adapter is a Mobility HD 4650.

So , here you go my short tutorial:

1 - Download the driver
Download the driver from AMD (Legacy or not) and extract it to a proper folder (in this example I used amd):


2 - Download the patch:
[link]

3 - Appling the patches:
Copy all the files that contains ".patch" extension to the root of your extracted ATI/RADEON driver folder.
One by one patches, use the following command line to apply the patch at the root of your extracted driver folder:



e.g.


[b]4 - Install the driver:[b]
After apply the patches you don't need to repack into a .deb or another package you can just go straight and install the driver through the following command line:



After installing proceed with the following line:



Just in case you are a lazzy guy and don't wanna patch by yourself, you can go straight to my already patched amd legacy driver here:

[link]

So you can start from the step "4 - Install the driver"

Have fun!!

Erick
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Catalyst 13.3 beta is out with built in support for kernels 3.8 and 3.8


support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx
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This is not for amd/radeon legacy.. I am looking forward for the legacy release.
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