Re: [Mactel-linux-users] macbook pro v2.1 ati weirdness

[Jonas P. <cat...@gm...>]

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On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 02:46, k11stan <k1...@gm...> wrote:
> I think i figured out what is up - i turned on live previews and mipmapping
> for the task switcher in compiz which would cause odd behaviour in the ati
> driver ..  as soon as i killed it the temps went down (which is weird since
> the nvidia macbook never had that issue)  .. compiz/ati driver bug it seems
> .. thanx for your input so far

Yes, it sounds familiar that I had to turn of a lot of the frills to
make fans sane.

> ..btw - did anyone get nix going reliably
> on those new fangled macbookpros yet ? (the ones with the dual video cards)

I have not personally had the opportunity to try it, but I recall that
one of the issues was that you needed some fiddling due to the fact
that the (single) button is more or less UNDER the trackpad. I believe
the stuff you need is here:

http://bitmath.org/code/

                               Best / Jonas


> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Jonas Petersson <jon...@xm...>
> wrote:
>> k11stan wrote:
>>> ow i also have an nvidia macbook at home (3,1 i believe)  and all works
>>> fine  with a patched kernel and nvidia drivers (i actually get  more battery
>>> time in linux than in osx )..
>>
>> That's a nice one - had it before (Pro), but when it got stolen I had no
>> choice but to upgrade. The 4,1 hirez screen is really nice and the
>> multitouch tablet is "interesting" - was iffy to start with.
>>
>>> the ati macbook is a work laptop - i think 99%of the problem stems from
>>> the crap drivers ati puts out  ...
>>
>> 101% agreed. I noticed that ATI often hung after about a weeks worth of
>> suspending to ram. I traced it to actually not being a suspend issue at all:
>> Just switching to/from text console would always hang solid on the 16th (or
>> was it 17?) round - even freshly booted. No workaround I know of. Was very
>> happy to get rid of that one. If you suspect ATI - try that simple
>> experiment.