[ltp] Re: Does the new ATI 8-2 Proprietary Driver work?

[David Abrahams]

on Sat Feb 16 2008, Brad Langhorst <brad-AT-langhorst.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 2008-02-16 at 08:09 -0500, David Abrahams wrote:
>> on Thu Feb 14 2008, Brad Langhorst <brad-AT-langhorst.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 15:14 -0500, David Abrahams wrote:
>> >> For T60(p) owners with FireGLv5200 cards, 
>> >
>> > Happily, both radeonhd and the most recent versions of the Xorg ati
>> > driver can support v5200 cards (but no 3d)
>> 
>> Meaning no compiz, I suppose?
>> Sorry, I need to have it all ;-)
>
> my all = (reliable suspend/resume, open source, fast switching between
> VTs and X, reliable vmware full screen, open source)
> Frankly - I don't care much about eye-candy, games, or real 3d work.
>  
> So... I have it all. Too bad your all != my all ;)
>
> Hopefully soon your all will be done too...

New report: it is!

fglrx 8-2 + AIGLX + hibernate-script + tuxonice is all working reliably
for me.  It's a freakin' miracle.  Maybe I can stick with Linux for a
while after all... ;-D

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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