more lockup laptop problems with dapper

[Nik]

In article <ed27t9$na4$1 at sea.gmane.org>,
   Eric S. Johansson <esj at harvee.org> wrote:
> Wenzhuo Zhang wrote:
> > 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.

> 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. 

They do.
The radeon driver works 100% here.
Please take your childish rants elsewhere.

Nik