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From: Jacques Montier <jacmonti@×××××××××××××.fr>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] PC freeze with ati-drivers and gentoo-sources-2.6.16-r3
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:57:31
Message-Id: 444FC0D9.9030806@club-internet.fr
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] PC freeze with ati-drivers and gentoo-sources-2.6.16-r3 by fire-eyes
1 fire-eyes a gentiment tapote:
2 > On Wednesday 26 April 2006 12:29, Ptitjack wrote:
3 >
4 >> I have some problem with gentoo-sources-2.6.16-r3 and ati-drivers.
5 >> Everything works fine when logging in, but my pc freezes without any
6 >> error message when logging out.
7 >> Do you get that same trouble on your own ?
8 >> I really don't know what to do except downgrading to gentoo-sources-2.6.15.
9 >> Thanks
10 >>
11 >
12 > I had this problem with ati-drivers and, to make the story short, after
13 > countless hours of hacking with things left and right, in the end I gave up
14 > and went to xorg's radeon driver.
15 >
16 > The only drawback is that it doesn't do 3d, or if it does, not easily.
17 >
18 > So I either had to give up 3d, or sit and watch as my laptop froze EVERY
19 > single time i either 1) logged out of xorg 2) resumed from suspend to ram ,
20 > both of which are extremely important daily activities.
21 >
22 > Wish I could report a different result.
23 >
24 >
25 All right then,
26 so i stay with gentoo-sources-2.6.15-r1 and ati-drivers-8.21.7-r1.
27 Everything 's working fine (loggin in and out , 3d), and i'll wait for
28 new ati-drivers.
29 Thanks for your answers,
30
31 cheers,
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