Andrey Falko wrote:
On 11/20/08, Nikos Chantziaras<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
As it happens, upgrading to kernel 2.6.27 was not the only change; I
switched from xf86-video-radeonhd to the proprietary ATI Catalyst drivers.
Didn't think that this has anything to do with it though.
I have a hunch that this is the problem. Have you tried 2.6.27 without the
proprietary ATI drivers? This is the first thing I would suspect because ATI
drivers are not reputed --- or so I believe --- for being the best quality
software out there. Either way, we need to eliminate as many factors as
possible and one of these factors is your ATI driver change. I don't know
much about Prime95, but if it won't simulate a subtlety in your video
drivers, especially how proprietary ATI drivers will play with kernel
2.6.27.
I would definitely say this is worth looking into - not necessarily
because the ati-drivers are bad software but because they have always
stressed my hardware more than any open source drivers (and yielded
better performance too).
FWIW I've never known any stress test to be as good as compiling
openoffice :)
cya,
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