[ltp] ATI, fglrx, suspend

[Alex Deucher]

On 10/18/07, fire-eyes <sgtphou@fire-eyes.org> wrote:
> Chris Schumann wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I'm having a heck of a time getting 3D to work with suspend and resume. I
> > happen to have a T60 with an ATI X1400 128MB chip, and run Fedora 7.
> >
> > I've been using the vesa driver just so suspend and resume work, but I
> > would like to take advantage of the 3D capabilities from time to time.
> > (Neverputt is a good time killer.) Suspend and resume are much more useful
> > though.
> >
> > The ThinkWiki isn't really of much help, or I don't know where to look.
> >
> > Ideas, tips and URL's greatly appreciated, and I'll include any fixes on
> > the F8 on T60 page on ThinkWiki.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
>
> I feel your pain. I'm on a T43 with an X300. I have owned it about a
> year and a half. I have never once in in this entire time, with any
> version of ati's drivers, been able to suspend and resume without a
> total system hang.
>
> This also happens to me 100% of the time if I exit xorg in anyway (log
> out, ctl-alt-backspace, etc). Very frustrating.
>
> I wish you luck but I've been forced to use the open source radeon
> driver for a long time, and give up any hope of 3d (getting it to work
> on that driver is a real pain, and i'm not interested anymore).

Have you tried a recent distro or driver release?  the open source
radeon drivers work quite well for most people.  Usually better than
fglrx.

Alex