[ltp] T60p, free driver?

[Alexander Schmidt]

On Wednesday 16 May 2007 03:27:18 Richard Neill wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Am I correct in assuming that the T60p driver has only two choices:
> vesa, or fglrx?
>
> I find that the fglrx driver is too unstable (crashes about once a
> month, locking the system solid) - eg by doing repeated dragging within
> google-maps.
>
> On the other hand, the vesa driver is unusable, since for vertical
> scrolling within (eg firefox), the screen re-paints very slowly.
>
> Is there any open driver which has better performance than the vesa one?
> [I don't really care if I have to forego 3d screensavers]
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> Richard

Hi Richard,

I am using Kubuntu 7.04 with the vesa driver and don't have these scrolling 
issues anymore. My T60 has a ATI X1300. I suppose that's because of the new 
Xorg?!

Regards,
Alex