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xserver-xorg-video-ati package

  1. Bug #144077
  2. Comment #61

Comment 61 for bug 144077

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Andrew Conkling (andrewski) wrote : Re: [Bug 144077] Re: [gutsy] Regression - "Desktop effects could not be enabled" on ATI Mobility Radeon

On 10/31/07, getaceres <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Well, if I use the "ati" driver then I cannot enable desktop effects. If
> I use the "radeon" driver it activates the desktop effects (I can see
> the shadow) but the screen hangs immediatly. Also, when the Live CD
> tries to enable them, it hangs too but this time it leaves a black
> screen and the cursor (which I can move but nothing more).

This sounds like a different, if not closely related, bug.