Todd Denniston wrote: > m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote, On 10/08/2010 02:55 PM: >> James A. Peltier wrote: >>> This is a known issue. The next proprietary ATI driver is due to be >>> released sometime next month and will correct it. >>> >> Oh, *great*. So I wait a month before I can get his system running a >> security-fixed kernel.... >> > [Fun options] <snip> > [Toooo much fun option] <snip> My manager would not appreciate me doing either. > [pain option] > force X (mod /etc/X11/xorg.conf) to use either VESA or the supporting OSS > driver in the interim. > (should still work, but sometimes more slowly) > > * says the guy who lives with what the distro provides, so that the larger > pain of keeping up with the proprietary drivers can be avoided, even with nVidia > equipment * See my last email comments on nVidia. <snip> -- > Todd Denniston > Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) > Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter Right, and I'm in a civilian sector part of the gov't (and not supposed to Represent Myself As Speaking For....) mark