more lockup laptop problems with dapper

[Wenzhuo Zhang]

I'm annoyed by the open-source ATI driver related lockup probem of dapper as well, although my ThinkPad X32 locks up less often than yours. It typically locks up several times a week when using the "ati" driver. Switching to the "vesa" driver can solve the problem, and I've been suffering with the slow generic driver for more than a month.

I just came across a post on ubuntuforums.org <http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1388897&postcount=14>, which suggests using the "radeon" driver instead of the "ati" wrapper driver. I am testing it now. I'll report back next week. Perhaps you may want to give it a try as well.

Wenzhuo


Eric S. Johansson wrote:
> Compaq 1700t laptop  ATI Mobility Radeon 3D Hardware Graphics.
> 
> I've tried some of the suggestions I've seen posted here but none of 
> them view the work.  with breezy, the laptop worked beautifully.  it was 
> a joy to use but now, a minute or two after booting, it locks up at any 
> to power cycle.
> 
> The messages log says nothing useful.  Just a bunch of errors from 
> gconfd just before it shuts down since the server is not in use.
> 
> The only way I can keep this machine up is by booting into single user mode.
> 
> Some ideas of what I should try would be most welcome.
> 
> ---eric
> 
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