Comment 17 for bug 767975
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| Tom Dison (fretinator) wrote Re: Video does not return after sleep with AMD E-350 Fusion APU and ATI closed driver (Natty Narwal Beta) | #17 |
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Just for fun, I installed Linux Mint 11 to see if perhaps this was a configuration problem with Ubuntu (for instance, kernel parameters or defaults for ATI Driver or Power Settings).
Nope, the same thing happens with Mint 11 when you install the ATI Driver from the "Hardware Drivers". Thus, it is definitely an ATI Catalyst problem. Funny that this is an AMD cpu/gpu combination, and this is the ATI Linux driver. I would have thought there was a good chance of success for this combination. I guess the Fusion E-350 is just a little too new even for the ATI Linux driver folks. Hopefully this issue will make their radar soon. I imagine Linux driver support isn't that high on their list, but these are such wonderful laptops - a lot of bang for the buck. Unfortunately, as it stands, these Fusion laptops are not good linux laptop, unless you don't need to view videos, or don't mind choppy video.
Who know, maybe some day the open-source driver will be good enough. For now, it really blows on video for these devices. I hate having to run Windows to watch videos. For now, I tend to boot into Windows. I would like to choose Linux instead!