Re: ATi Open drivers are comming of age... :)
If you want power management you need kernel .34, so get the latest version of that available?
The info' you need (for both the kernel, other packages & setting up power management) is in a how-to under "Ubuntu stuff:" way down the first post of this thread.
Re: ATi Open drivers are comming of age... :)
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handy
If you want power management you need kernel .34, so get the latest version of that available?
The info' you need (for both the kernel, other packages & setting up power management) is in a how-to under "Ubuntu stuff:" way down the first post of this thread.
just updated my kernel on my laptop and I Can finally use the OSS drivers (without an insanely hot vid card)! Compiz with no tearing and no video tearing FTW.
Re: ATi Open drivers are comming of age... :)
you know.... Nvidia have been ceasing to cooperate with the OSS community and ATI are cooperating as much as possible.... the decision on which to buy right there is a no brainer atm. At least between those 2.
Re: ATi Open drivers are comming of age... :)
Yeah I regretted getting a laptop with an ati vid card for ages ebcause the linux drivers are so bad, but these OSS drivers are maturing so fast I am glad now. OSS drivers are awesome. Can always keep my kernel and xorg up to date and they are still compatible, and they work out of the box.
Re: ATi Open drivers are comming of age... :)
I got an ATI 1300 XT pro myself and 3 days after buying it....,. ATI ceased support of it..... needless to say I was really peeved and cussing badly.........
you know what though with how the card is handling since even karmic, I've had a lot better performance from it.... and with nvidia now.... I am very happy I did go ATI.... so I went from happy to cussing to super happy :-)
Re: ATi Open drivers are comming of age... :)
Just upgraded to Lucid, with the proprietary driver it comes with and I'm very disappointed as my HD4870 got 3.5 degrees hotter /~42.5/ in idle and of course the fan went faster. Last time when I tried to install the .34 rc3 and then rc4 I got dependencies issues, maybe it's better to wait for some of the next releases.
Can this be the root of the problem:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...item&px=ODE5Ng
I mean the kernel difference, not the GRUB bug.
Edit: Just saw the rc5 and 6 here:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
I'll try later with them too :)
Re: ATi Open drivers are comming of age... :)
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ttanev
Just upgraded to Lucid, with the proprietary driver it comes with and I'm very disappointed as my HD4870 got 3.5 degrees hotter /~42.5/ in idle and of course the fan went faster. Last time when I tried to install the .34 rc3 and then rc4 I got dependencies issues, maybe it's better to wait for some of the next releases.
Can this be the root of the problem:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...item&px=ODE5Ng
I mean the kernel difference, not the GRUB bug.
Edit: Just saw the rc5 and 6 here:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
I'll try later with them too :)
naww, that's was just for grub not detecting multi boot systems (it wouldn't add windows to the grub boot menu) it was fixed before release though...
Re: ATi Open drivers are comming of age... :)
@ttanev: Try the latest kernel .34 version & use xorg-edgers ppa, see the first post "Ubuntu stuff:" for how-to, if you need it?
Re: ATi Open drivers are comming of age... :)
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handy
Thanks, and I also found this: http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showp...00&postcount=7
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04-27-2010 by agd5f
voltage drop support is already implemented for most r1xx-r5xx chips that support it, but it's commented out until I have a chance to test/debug it more thoroughly.
So for r100-r500 laptop users, things could turn up soon (fingers crossed)
Re: ATi Open drivers are comming of age... :)
What is my mobility hd2600? r600?
And question, what kernel is better for ati power management, the rc6, or the drm-next?