ATI Radeon Pro, X11, system lockup

[Robin Laing]

Don Levey wrote:

> 
> Alexander, et al:
> This was exactly what fixed it.  I removed the stock Mesa-libGL package
> and installed the ATI-supplied RPM.  After running the configuration,
> all was well.  While not quite as nice as the HDTV in the next room,
> it's much better than the generic VESA driver.
> 
> Thanks again!
>  -Don

Don,

Are you saying that you have your 9600 pro working with full hardware 
DRI using the ATI drivers?

I followed the ATI instructions but I still don't have hardware DRI. 
I did the --force install but didn't do a remove of the Mesa-libGL. 
This could have been my  problem.

-- 
Robin Laing