Some general comments, and 1280x1024 mode no longer available in 6.7.194

[pj_beers at hotmail.com]

Hi,

I recently upgraded from version 6.6.3 to 6.7.192, and then followed git 
until 6.7.194, and I thought I'd inform you of my experiences. I'm using 
this with a Thinkpad t43p, which has a ATI Technologies Inc M24GL [Mobility 
FireGL V3200] (rev 80) according to lspci. That's the same as x300, or 
rv370, if I'm correct. 

The major improvement I noticed is that compiz now behaves much better, all 
in all its almost usable except that resizing windows takes too long to be 
functional. Also, in version 6.7.192 choosing certain openGL screensavers 
would result in a hang, but now almost all screensavers work very smoothly 
and none produced hangs anymore.

One thing that hasn't worked ever is screen rotation. I've only tried 
turning it upside down, but it predictably and completely hangs the 
computer - no sysrq or anything, nothing in the logs.

Finally, somehere between 6.7.193 and 6.7.194 a regression was introduced - 
the 1280x1024 mode is no longer available for my laptopscreen, leaving 
1400x1050, 1024x768, 800x600 and 640x480.

I don't think this mailing list is exactly the right place to send this 
information. If need be, I can also make some bug reports. Also, if you 
need further info, like logs and/or xrandr output I'd be more than happy to 
supply them. Please cc me, I'm not on the list.

Finally, thanks for all the great work; apart from the few above glitches, 
the current r300 driver works very well indeed!

Regards,

PJ