[ltp] New ATI drivers

Nils linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 8 Apr 2005 10:07:45 +0200


yes, it's very difficult to find any improvement :-)

It's not making the effort to release such a driver ...

Nils

Am Freitag, 8. April 2005 10:04 schrieb Ovidiu Achim:
> Seeing the ATI's list of improvements for the new driver (8.12.10), in
> my opinion, it's not making the effort to install the new driver:
>
> - no ACPI support yet, so suspend/resume problem persists;
> - no word about DVI output improvements (starting for fglrx 8.8.25 DVI
> output is not working anymore for a long list of graphic cards);
> - compilation against 2.6.11 needs patches (there are probably already
> available on rage3d.com, but this shows the interest that ATI has in
> developing Linux drivers).
>
> Just my opinion,
> Ovi
>
> On Apr 8, 2005 2:27 AM, Mike Kershaw <dragorn@nerv-un.net> wrote:
> > Might be of interest to some that new ATI drivers released today.
> >
> > https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge
> >&folderID=27
> >
> > However they still list hanging on resume as a "known issue".
> >
> > At least they admit the problem.
> >
> > -m
> >
> > --
> > "Alright, Sesame Street should not be using the 'F' word."