Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: System hang with ATI's lousy driver | From | Craig Bradney <> | Date | Tue, 20 Apr 2004 21:50:25 +0200 |
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On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 21:08, Timothy Miller wrote: > Joel Jaeggli wrote: > > On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, Timothy Miller wrote: > > > > > >>So, since XFree86's lousy open-source Radeon driver won't do OpenGL > >>right, I am forced to use ATI's lousy proprietary Radeon driver. With > >>that, I can do OpenGL right, but when I exit the X server, the system > >>hangs completely. I get lots of vertical lines on the screen, but I > >>can't even ping the computer. > > > > > > you didn't specify which ati card? > > Sorry. Radeon 9000 Pro. > > > > > > >>Does anyone know of any conflict between using ATI's X11 driver and the > >>Radeon console driver at the same time? > >> > >>I'm using kernel gentoo-2.4.25. > >> > >> > >>I'm getting really sick of not being able to get new graphics cards to > >>just work properly under Linux.
I have a 9000 Pro running under gentoo-dev-sources 2.6.5 with 3d/opengl supported...
and I had it running with 2.4.x ages ago with gentoo-sources.
Also have a 9000 M9 Mobility in this laptop with direct rendering running ok.
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