[ltp] New ThinkPad series

[Kristian Tizzard]

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Peter's point should serve as a correction-he is right to say that the
rtl8192se driver causes system freezes, rather than x crashes-although I am
usually in x when it happens!

On 30 March 2011 09:51, Peter G. <nephros@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> On 29.03.2011 18:02, Kristian Tizzard wrote:
> > I have an AMD Edge 13, which is well supported in kernels 2.6.35 and
> > later, with the exception of the rtl8192se wireless driver, which is
> > still in staging and is likely to only go stable in 2.6.40-this driver
> > does causes x crashes fairly metronomically.
> [...]
>
> I have an x100e with this Wifi card/chipset.
>
> Although the driver from the Realtek Site is quite horrible (Ad-Hoc mode
> causes system freezes, WPA/WEP unreliable, non-encrypted AP mode so-so
> but OK) I have yet to experience a X crash I could blame on it.
>
> Still, I would advise anyone to swap this out for a wifi card known to
> work (like maybe the intel ones?).
>
> Also the 3200 with radeondrmfb console (kms) and the radeon Xorg driver
> X is quite stable - especially switching between the FB console and X
> works well with this combination. (Doing this has never worked reliably
> for me on any system with any driver - thanks vgaarb/KMS I guess.)
>
> I am using 2D only though, no fancy (KDE) desktop effects - these *have*
> been the cause of X freezes on my system.
>
> I have briefly tried he proprietary ATI driver and 3D performance is
> much much better with this, I can't wage in on stability though.
> It has the usual issues switching to console and back which is a no-go
> for me.
>
> This is on Gentoo so giving exact versions/builds combinations is
> difficult, but I am using kernel 2.6.26.x tuxonice, Xorg 1.9, mesa
> 7.10.1,  RTL8192SE driver 0019.1207.2010
>
> Just a few cents,
>   Peter G.
>

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Peter&#39;s point should serve as a correction-he is right to say that the =
rtl8192se driver causes system freezes, rather than x crashes-although I am=
 usually in x when it happens!<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 30 Marc=
h 2011 09:51, Peter G. <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:nephros@gmai=
l.com">nephros@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hello!<br>
<div class=3D"im"><br>
On 29.03.2011 18:02, Kristian Tizzard wrote:<br>
&gt; I have an AMD Edge 13, which is well supported in kernels 2.6.35 and<b=
r>
&gt; later, with the exception of the rtl8192se wireless driver, which is<b=
r>
&gt; still in staging and is likely to only go stable in 2.6.40-this driver=
<br>
&gt; does causes x crashes fairly metronomically.<br>
</div>[...]<br>
<br>
I have an x100e with this Wifi card/chipset.<br>
<br>
Although the driver from the Realtek Site is quite horrible (Ad-Hoc mode<br=
>
causes system freezes, WPA/WEP unreliable, non-encrypted AP mode so-so<br>
but OK) I have yet to experience a X crash I could blame on it.<br>
<br>
Still, I would advise anyone to swap this out for a wifi card known to<br>
work (like maybe the intel ones?).<br>
<br>
Also the 3200 with radeondrmfb console (kms) and the radeon Xorg driver<br>
X is quite stable - especially switching between the FB console and X<br>
works well with this combination. (Doing this has never worked reliably<br>
for me on any system with any driver - thanks vgaarb/KMS I guess.)<br>
<br>
I am using 2D only though, no fancy (KDE) desktop effects - these *have*<br=
>
been the cause of X freezes on my system.<br>
<br>
I have briefly tried he proprietary ATI driver and 3D performance is<br>
much much better with this, I can&#39;t wage in on stability though.<br>
It has the usual issues switching to console and back which is a no-go<br>
for me.<br>
<br>
This is on Gentoo so giving exact versions/builds combinations is<br>
difficult, but I am using kernel 2.6.26.x tuxonice, Xorg 1.9, mesa<br>
7.10.1, =A0RTL8192SE driver 0019.1207.2010<br>
<br>
Just a few cents,<br>
<font color=3D"#888888"> =A0Peter G.<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>

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