Any Other ATI Users Having a Hard TIme?

[jimi_hendrix]

Did you try using it without compiz enabled? It's not like it's essential now is it?

yes

[Saint Angeles]

with feisty and gutsy, i had to use a long, complicated, custom xorg.conf file to get FGLRX to run nicely. with hardy and intrepid, FGLRX was activated by default and I had no problems.

but with jaunty, it loaded the open source driver for me and i got full compositing even with the live CD! it was crazy. even my videos play with no choppiness and everything is better... except for one small thing.

sometimes, while resizing a video while running compiz, it will log me off. its really annoying so now i run metacity with compositing and only load up compiz when i want to show off for people.

[kk0sse54]

I have been using the fglrx drivers for a while now without any problems at all.

[garythegoth]

I have been using the fglrx drivers for a while now without any problems at all.

Can I buy your magical ATi card please?

[lavinog]

The fglrx driver is generally pretty good.
The problem is that the support for 8.10 and 9.04 came a month after they were released, and ubuntu had to use a beta driver.
Both intrepid and Jaunty use newer Xserver versions that require changes to the fglrx drivers.

I think part of the problem had to do with changes in the dri2 spec right after ATI already implemented it.

[Enicko]

8.04 works fine for me on one machine, Jaunty was poohoriffic through beta though. Both run on ATI cards.

Jaunty works now, but I needed professional help to get it running. And the fact that xinerama doesn't work, yea that's a buzzkill. The catalyst interface needs an update, looks like it belongs on a 10 year old windows machine.

ATI needs to get it together.

[garythegoth]

Well, their supposedly concentrating all the resources they have into the Linux driver, but I dont exactly hold out much hope.....

[pbpersson]

I have been using Jaunty with an ATI Radeon card, no problems - I am using wobbly windows and Gnome-Do Docky

[garythegoth]

I have been using Jaunty with an ATI Radeon card, no problems - I am using wobbly windows and Gnome-Do Docky

Using the open source driver?

[misfitpierce]

I'm on 9.04 with an ATI card in laptop and its working fine... 3D effects got smoother for me... Works great.