[ltp] Re: New ati-drivers out there

[Nikias Bassen]

Hallo,

I manged to get fglrx resume work with vbetool, and managed the
temperature problem using a dummy X-Server using fglrx without dri.
Just a short startup is enough, and the temperature falls, and the
fan stops, really!

Hope it helps,
Nikias

> okay, but with all tools (radeontool / vbetool), you'll have problems: X 
> crashes sometimes after resume, always higher temperature => higher power 
> consumption!!! You are right, but I use XFree4.3, it's working worser than
> Xorg. (debian etch)
> Why does ati have the nerve to sell a graphic card without (or really 
> perfectly bad) drivers.
> 
> Nils

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