will we ever have radeon drivers that aren't crap?

[Hiisi]

> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:09:35 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>
> Subject: Re: will we ever have radeon drivers that aren't crap?
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> On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, Hiisi wrote:
>
> > > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:56:12 -0400 (EDT)
> > > From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>
>
> > >   currently, on my 1280x800 display gateway laptop, i need to run
> > > the vesa driver and get only 1024x768 because, if i try to run the
> > > radeon driver, i'll get my full resolution, and my session will
> > > last maybe 10-15 minutes before finally locking up, at which point
> > > the only response i can get is moving the mouse around the screen
> > > verrrrrry slowly but nothing else, requiring a power cycle.  (the
> > > vesa driver will, of course, work perfectly for days on end.)
>
> > Had similar problem with screen resolution running vesa driver.
> > Check your /etc/X11/xorg.conf In section "Screen", subsection
> > "Display" in line Modes add "1280x800" and restart X-server. That
> > (probably) will do the task.
>
>   currently, my xorg.conf file is the extremely spartan:
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
>         Option "DontZap" "false"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier "Videocard0"
>         Driver "vesa"
> EndSection
>
> which gives me perfectly functional 1024x768.  and i remember trying
> various combinations to try to get to 1280x800 and failing.  if you
> can give me an exact setting for xorg.conf to try, i'll give it a
> shot.  but i recall messing with that for a while and never getting
> vesa at 1280x800.  i'm definitely open to suggestions.
>
> rday
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Here is mine:
cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "single head configuration"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# keyboard added by rhpxl
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105+inet"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "vesa"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

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