[ltp] Re: Success with fglrx 8.28.8?

[David Abrahams]

Chris Hanson <cph@csail.mit.edu> writes:

> TNKS wrote:
>
>> With the latest ATI fglrx (8.28.8) on a Thinkpad T42 with the latest
>> Debian-patched Sid linux kernel sources, when I shut down my X server, the
>> whole system freezes, and sometimes it reboots too (actually shutting down
>> services and all, which is surprising). This happens consistently upon
>> shutting down X, and for now, that's the only time it seems to happen.
>>  
>> Maybe you know what's going wrong and how to help me get my system
>> configured correctly with 8.28.8.  For now, I've reverted to the previous
>> version of fglrx, which seems to work fine.
>
> I am using the latest drivers on a T60p with no trouble.  

Me too.  I did use the 

  aticonfig --initial

option without worrying (it makes a backup for you).

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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