ATI fglrx driver and shutting down

[Carl]

On Saturday 26 August 2006 4:46 am, karl vanwynsberghe wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've installed the ATI fglrx driver on my Acer Aspire 1694WLMi laptop using
> the instructions proviided on the following webpage;
> http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Dapper_Installation_Guide
> (Using the ATI Mobility Radeon X600 graphical card)
> Now 3d support should be better than before.
>
> Everything seems to work except one thing...
> The laptop doesn't shutdow anymore;
> When shutting down the screens comes black but the system doesn't stop.

I get a similar problem on my desktop.  Sometimes, instead of turning black, 
the splash screen comes up mangled and freezes.

I have found that if instead of shutting down from the GUI, I switch to a 
virtual terminal and do a "sudo reboot" or "sudo shutdown", everything works 
fine.

I use the ATI drivers, but I am not sure the problem started after I installed 
them.  I don't reboot my PC very often, so it took me some time to notice it 
was even a problem.

Carl