<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-15" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hi, my laptop just stopped working with X driver ati after todays updates. It freezes during gdm startup and I am not able to do anything after that. Solution for the problem: use vesa driver and all works again. There must be someting wrong with the ati driver ? lspci info mraipio# lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04) 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04) 0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02) 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 42) 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02) 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] 0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78) 0000:02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420 0000:02:01.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420 0000:02:03.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01) regards, Markus <div class="moz-signature">-- <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="GtkHTML/3.0.10"> ______________________________________________________________________ Markus Räipiö Chief Executive Officer Stinghorn P.O. Box 212 FIN - 53101 LAPPEENRANTA FINLAND Visiting Address: Elimäenkatu 12-16 6B, FIN-00510 HELSINKI tel: +358 (0)201 442 550 fax: +358 (0)201 442 559 gsm: +358 (0)40 503 8813 email: <a href="mailto:markus.raipio@stinghorn.com">markus.raipio@stinghorn.com</a> web: <a href="http://www.stinghorn.com">http://www.stinghorn.com</a> ______________________________________________________________________ <pre><tt>This message and any attachment is intended only for the use of the Addressee and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its attachments and notify us immediately. Thank You. Security Warning: Please note that this e-mail has been created in the knowledge that Internet e-mail is not a 100% secure communications medium. We advise that you understand and observe this lack of security when e-mailing us. Viruses: Although we have taken steps to ensure that this e-mail and attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free.</tt></pre> </div> </body> </html>