xorg-x11-drv-ati problem?

[Will Woods]

On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 15:21 -0400, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 14:43 -0400, Clyde E. Kunkel wrote:
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV630 [Radeon HD 
> > 2600 Series]
> > 
> > I cannot get gdm to start in rawhide unless I use older versions of the 
> > ati driver and xorg-x11-drivers.
> 
> 
> Current ATI drivers are not compatible with any xorg server version
> greater than 1.4.2.  There will not be xorg server 1.5 compatibility
> until next month at the latest.
> 
> There is a new ATI driver release as of yesterday (9-17-08) which
> includes a slew of bugfixes, including screen tearing during xvid play,
> but it still isnt' capable of working with xorg server 1.5.
> 
> ATI users are best advised to use Fedora 8 at this time, which is a more
> stable platform anyway.

I think you're talking about the proprietary ATI driver - fglrx - which
is not what's being discussed here.

-w