Bug#374986: Removing "dri" preset for recent ATI radeon cars

Eduard Bloch edi at gmx.de
Fri Nov 17 13:43:34 PST 2006


#include <hallo.h>
* Michel Dänzer [Fri, Nov 17 2006, 05:03:21PM]:
> On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 13:21 +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: 
> > 
> > What do you think about simply removing the dri module if a recent ATI
> > card has been detected? The entry may even be there, but commented. The
> > reason is simple, it still causes trouble with dying (system locking) X
> > server, and for many people the stuff does not work anyway without the
> > non-free driver. 
> 
> Not in my experience nor according to what I hear upstream. Even here
> I'd expect more similar reports if this was the case.

Hm? The one you commented today on
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8243 is at least one of
such kind.

Eduard.

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