[ltp] Re: Success with fglrx 8.28.8?

[TNKS]

TNKS wrote:

> I found out that this problem is pretty wide-spread after digging into the
> unofficial ATI Bugzilla (I forgot about that page).  Here's one of the
> links, but there are other bugs on there that I think are duplicates of
> the same issue.
> 
>         http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=239
> 

Okay, so I found a simple hack that was based on a recommendation from bug
#239 (the link above).  All I have to do is put in a "/usr/bin/chvt 1" in
my /etc/X11/xdm/Xreset script.  I assume kdm and gdm can be adapted
accordingly.

This allow X to shutdown properly, bypassing whatever problem ATI drivers
have when shutting down an X server.

It's a lot like the SwitchToTextMode hack in the hibernate script.  ATI is
so slow to getting to stuff like this.  I hate that what should be a
temporary solution might stick around for a while.  But I'm going to stick
with fglrx for now, because it gives me nice power management.

- Sukant