ATI driver for X.org 7.0.0?

[Mike A. Harris]

Ola Thoresen wrote:

> The last messages in Xorg.0.log are
> 
> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE)
> (II) Mouse0: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
> (EE) RADEON(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine...
> (EE) RADEON(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine...
> (EE) RADEON(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine...
> (EE) RADEON(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine...
> (EE) RADEON(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine...
> (EE) RADEON(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine...

Kernel bug perhaps...

> (btw. Is there any way to get the logs to both add some timestamps to
> each line, and maybe keep more than one ".old" to make it easier to try
> different settings and comparing the logs afterwards - I always forget
> to copy the old log to a safe place before making changes to xorg.conf
> and restarting X).

Yep, you can patch the X server sources to add that sort of
functionality if desired.  Might want to submit it to X.Org
also if you decide to, so it's potentially available in
future releases too.

HTH

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