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

[Osho GG]

How do one choose drivers for console graphics? I would probably give
it a try to see if that makes it better for me..

Osho

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 12:26:26 -0500, Sasha Z <kleptophobiac@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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