[ltp] Re: Re: Does the new ATI 8-2 Proprietary Driver work?

Henry Ritzlmayr linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:05:32 +0100


Am Samstag, den 16.02.2008, 13:01 -0500 schrieb Brad Langhorst:
> On Sat, 2008-02-16 at 08:09 -0500, David Abrahams wrote:
> > on Thu Feb 14 2008, Brad Langhorst <brad-AT-langhorst.com> wrote:
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> > > On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 15:14 -0500, David Abrahams wrote:
> > >> For T60(p) owners with FireGLv5200 cards,=20
> > >
> > > Happily, both radeonhd and the most recent versions of the Xorg ati
> > > driver can support v5200 cards (but no 3d)
> >=20
> > Meaning no compiz, I suppose?
> > Sorry, I need to have it all ;-)
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> my all =3D (reliable suspend/resume, open source, fast switching between
> VTs and X, reliable vmware full screen, open source)
> Frankly - I don't care much about eye-candy, games, or real 3d work.
> =20
> So... I have it all. Too bad your all !=3D my all ;)
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> Hopefully soon your all will be done too...
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> brad
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Hi,=20

since your my all includes fast switching between VTs and X, have you
solved the problem, that after a suspend/resume cycle the Vts stay
blank?=20

I=C2=B4m thinking of giving 8.2 a shot the next days because of this. I don=
=C2=B4t
care about 3D either but reliable VTs after a suspend/resume are
important to me.

cheers
Henry