[ltp] Has anybody witten mails to ati for their bad drivers ?

Alejandro Bonilla linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:24:11 -0600


Tasmanian D wrote:

> Nils wrote:
>
>> Hello there,
>> has anybody written mails to ati for their bad drivers ? (e.g. FireGL 
>> T2)
>
They know they SUCK.

>> Who needs a notebook driver without resume support ? This problem is 
>> now over an year old !!!
>> I think this is my last computer with an ati card....
>> Nils
>
> .
> Unfortunately not too many Thinkpads around WITHOUT ATI cards :-(

??????????? Almost all the IBM's use ATI Cards.

> Not only suspend is not supported but when I last tried with 8.08.25 
> TV-out was working only in terms of showing something on TV but not in 
> terms of showing something readable.

I hate the ATI drivers, SO I rather not use 3D. Anyway, why don't you 
create a script to remove the ati module ; suspend ; and when back then 
load the module again.?? I have no idea if you can do this? I do it with 
other stuff that prevent me from suspending.

>
> .
> But well, we have X.org supported now, let's hope that ATI will keep 
> improving!
> .
> BRGDS,
> Tasmanian D