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On 2007-02-21, Hamie <hamish@××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> The ati-drivers package was updated from 8.27.10-r1 to 8.32.5. |
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>> Rolling it back to 8.27.10-r1 made xv work again. The lock up |
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>> occurred with xorg-xserver versions 1.1.1-r1, 1.1.1-r4, |
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>> 1.2.0-r1. ati-drivers 8.33.6-r1 also locked up. |
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On my list of things to do is check to see if 8.28.8 with the |
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2.6.19 patch works... |
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> Hmm... My ati-drivers actually crashes the XServer completely. |
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> And (Usually) restarts (Sometimes kdm just gives up as well). |
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> I did attempt to raise a support request about it... And got |
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> an email back from ATI/AMD saying I shuld be thankful for what |
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> they've given me & not to bother them about it... |
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I was bying ATI cards because the open-source driver supported |
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DRI (it was a bit flakey, but it mostly "just worked"). But, |
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that ended with the 92xx series. My experience (and the |
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general consensus, AFAICT) is that the NVidia closed-source |
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drivers are far less problematic than the ATI ones. |
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I've got a 3 year old ATI card that ATI doesn't support at all |
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anymore with Linux drivers. I've got a 6 year old NVidia card |
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that still works perfectly and all I had to do is "emerge |
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nvidia-drivers" |
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So I think NVidia is the way to go in general. |
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[The problem is that you don't get much of a choice with |
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laptops. My IBM ThinkPad was too good a deal to pass up even |
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though it came with an ATI M300.] |
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at NOSE JOB!! |
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