xorg-x11-drv-ati problem?

[Matej Cepl]

On 2008-09-18, 19:21 GMT, 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.

Who are you to put here such authoritative statements here? There 
are many many people using Fedora 9 (and Rawhide) with ATI cards 
and we are pretty happy with it.

Matěj