more lockup laptop problems with dapper

[Wenzhuo Zhang]

Eric S. Johansson wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> radeon locks up after a couple of hours.  vesa reduces resolution of the 
> screen.  Doesn't seem to be able to display the full 1400 x 1040.
> 
> You now, one would think that for something so important as the video 
> driver, there would be a fund-raising effort to pay the developers to do 
> the damn job right.  Volunteer work is fine for noncritical stuff like 
> open office or gimp.  but something like device drivers, we really need 
> some mechanism to pay people to do the job right and then hold them 
> accountable to those who paid.

Theoretically, the most suitable sponsor is the graphics card
manufacturer. They know the hardware specifications inside out, and
stable drivers can help drive up card sales. I doubt the fund raising
effort on the end users part to pay developers for writing stable
drivers could work out.

Wenzhuo