[ltp] Re: New ati-drivers out there

[Thomas Hartwig]

Hi Nikias,

can you be more precise please, perhaps I have missed something, but
what is the theory behind starting the server without dri and do you use
dri afterwards? How much does the temp fall?

Regards
Thomas

Nikias Bassen wrote:
> Hallo,
> 
> I manged to get fglrx resume work with vbetool, and managed the
> temperature problem using a dummy X-Server using fglrx without dri.
> Just a short startup is enough, and the temperature falls, and the
> fan stops, really!
> 
> Hope it helps,
> Nikias
> 
> 
>>okay, but with all tools (radeontool / vbetool), you'll have problems: X 
>>crashes sometimes after resume, always higher temperature => higher power 
>>consumption!!! You are right, but I use XFree4.3, it's working worser than
>>Xorg. (debian etch)
>>Why does ati have the nerve to sell a graphic card without (or really 
>>perfectly bad) drivers.
>>
>>Nils
> 
>