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[Dotan Cohen]

On 06/01/2008, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Dotan you've mentioned this several times, and possibly even posted as
> to why you cannot use Gutsy somewhere. Can you please post again?

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/710
"Attempting to suspend to RAM using the proprietary fglrx ATI video
driver from the restricted component will hard-lock the system due to
changes in the kernel's memory allocator (which will be the default in
Linux 2.6.23) that have not been followed by ATI in a timely fashion;
this is the vendor's responsibility and is beyond our control due to
the proprietary nature of the driver. Workarounds include using Ubuntu
7.04, avoiding suspending to RAM, or using the free ATI driver. Bug
#121653 (https://launchpad.net/bugs/121653)"

As I must suspend to RAM and I need the fglrx driver (Google Earth,
and Compiz which is not just eyecandy for me), I cannot use Gutsy. I
believe that I may be able to compile a SLAB kernel under Gutsy, but
at this stage I'll wait for [k]ubuntu 8.xx and install that.

> It just seems very odd to me that you cannot install Gutsy; I have it
> running on even an old PII 300 mhz system.

Not with a junk ATI X1400 in there.

Dotan Cohen

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