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xserver-xorg-video-ati package

  1. Bug #368187
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 368187

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Pauli (paniemin) wrote : Re: [Bug 368187] Re: [HD3650] Kubuntu: garbage screen

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 3:16 PM, pvautrin <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thanks Pauli,
> I was recommended this option some time ago and indeed it restores display
> (forgot to mention it on this thread).
> This problem appeared when I changed motherboard. I was able to access
> xorg.conf of my installation of Jaunty with Ctrl+Alt+F1. But the issue is
> that I don't think it's possible to edit xorg.conf with a live CD, so this
> means no fresh install for me.
> Moreover, a number of 3D programs/applications fail and I suspect it comes
> from this workaround situation.
>
Do you mean it's a bug in the BIOS? Any reason why Windows is not suffering
> from this?
>
>
Windows has driers from manufactures who know how their hardware works (or
should know) so windows drivers have good chance of not hitting problems.

Problem is not bios but how AGP bridge and GPU work together when
reading/writing data to system memory with GPU.

>
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> [HD3650] Kubuntu: garbage screen
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