[ltp] Re: T510 lockup on Ubuntu 10.04

[Axel Braun]

Paul Fisher wrote:

> Jason Brooks said (10-09-09 07:19 AM):
>> Why are you not using the proprietary driver? The opensource driver
>> isnt finished yet for most chips and instructions.
>> The problem can be so many things that helping you would only be by
>> guessing.
> 
> I wasn't aware that the proprietary driver was more stable; I was used
> to the ATI world where the open-source driver was very high-quality and
> the proprietary driver was flaky.  Anyway, I've switched to the
> proprietary NVidia driver and everything seems to be OK thus far, and
> suspend even still works.

Be aware that every kernel security updates requires a manual reinstall of 
the prop. drivers. Even the repositories provided by the manufactureres are 
mostly not up to date (as I just noticed after an upgrade in openSUSE 11.3)

Cheers
Axel
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