[ltp] Still T42 Radeon fglrx crash & resolution issues?

[Kelvin KAN]

Hello Lenz,

Thanks for your advice!

BTW, if you are in poessesion of the exactly same model I am interested 
in i.e. 23738ZH P-M 1.7GHZ, 512MB, 40GB, 14" @ 1400X1050 W/ RADEON 9600, 
could you check the exact weight of the system w/o the DVD-ROM for me 
pls?   I got quite confusing figures from diff retailers, ranging from 
2.0kg to 2.3kg (you may take 1kg = 2.2lb).  Weight is important because 
I'll carry it around everyday.

Thanks,
-
kelvin

Lenz Grimmer wrote:

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>Hi,
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>On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, Kelvin KAN wrote:
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>>I am planning to buy a T42 w/ ATI Radeon 9600 @ 1400x1050 LCD. 
>>
>
>Nice machine - I have it here, too. Make sure to get plenty of RAM for it, 
>the hard disk tends to become a bottle neck, if the kernel starts swapping 
>(just a side note).
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>>I heard here and elsewhere that ATI's fglrx driver for Radeon had some 
>>problems, when running OpenGL apps or when DRI enabled:
>>
>>1.  May crash or hang the X window on resume from suspend or hibernate. 
>>2.  Cannot utilize the full 1400x1050 resolution of the LCD.
>>
>
>Let me add here:
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>3. No 3D (DRI) when using X.org - the fglrx driver needs to be fixed to 
>   work with X.org 6.8
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>>Questions:
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>>1.  Has the latest ATI driver fglrx-4.3.0-3.14.6.i386.rpm of 2004.11.9 fixed
>>the issues?
>>http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html
>>
>
>Not for me. As compatibility with X.org 6.8 (as shipped with SUSE Linux 
>9.2) is still my main problem, I did not test if 1 or 2 were fixed. From 
>the reports I have seen, 1) may still be problematic.
>
>For 2D, the radeon driver incluced in X.org 6.8 works well in 1400x1050 
>and suspends/hibernates nicely. 3D would be nice, but for the time being 
>the X.org driver seems to be the better choice.
>
>
>>2.  If not yet, any workaround while still maintaining the DRI function?
>>
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>I am not aware of any other workaround than waiting for ATI to release a 
>fixed driver :(
>
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>>3.  Any other problems if I am not using suspend/hibernate?
>>
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>Don't know, sorry.
>
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>>4.  Does the Direct Rendering Project http://dri.sf.net support Radeon 
>>   9600, and more stable than the offical ATI version?
>>
>
>AFAIK they do not, as ATI does not release the chip specs without 
>requiring them to sign an NDA that would prohibit them to release the 
>driver as Open Source.
>
>Bye,
>	LenZ
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