[ltp] New ATI 3.12.0 drivers - seem to be worse than 3.9.0

[Sasha Z]

I'm using 11R6.7.0... I managed to make the behaviour better by using
the straight up VESA drivers for console graphics versus the ATI
specific drivers, but I'm still getting too many crashes.


On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:46:16 -0700, Osho GG <oshogg@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 07:36:57 -0400, Sasha Z <kleptophobiac@gmail.com> wrote:
> > http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html
> >
> > I have managed to download and install these drivers; but while the 3D
> > acceleration appears to be better, it crashes with a garbled screen
> > all the time. Whenever x.org goes into screensaver, or whenever I try
> > to switch between console and GUI, and whenever I try to shut down the
> > X server altogether - it hoses the system completely. Everything locks
> > up. I can't CTRL-ALT-DEL nor do a soft power off. I can't SSH into the
> > machine either.
> >
> > Version 3.9.0 was a little slower on the 3D side of things, I gained
> > about 50 fps in glxgears with the 3.12.0 drivers, but the crashing
> > makes me very sad.
> >
> > Does anybody have these working properly?
> >
> > T41p 2373GEU
> > ATI FireGL T2-128
> 
> I have T42p with ATI Mobility FireGL T2-128 and I just installed X.org
> 6.8. With ATI 3.12.0 drivers, if DRI is enabled then doing glxinfo at
> the command prompt crashes the X server!
> 
> Which version of X.org are you running?
> 
> Osho
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