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[NoOp]

On 01/05/2008 10:40 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 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

Ah... got it. Thanks. Google earth is an odd one for me; worked
perfectly well on one system, borked on another identical system.
Finally ended up getting it working, but only after a reboot.

Gary