I don't particularly care about graphics performance, but definitely DO want (1) switch-user to work properly (which, at present, crashes my system), and (2) dual-head support to work properly.
So, I may not need the apparently useless drivers from AMD/ATI, if they are the root of the problem, IF I can get the above features to work properly without fglrx. Someone claimed that someone from ATI/AMD said that "nobody uses switch-user, so we don't have to fix it". This statement is rumor, so I don't want to beat up on ATI/AMD (perhaps), but let me assure you that the need to run concurrent users with different permissions is very critical to my work. If NVIDIA can support the above two requirements, I would switch to them in an instant, IFF they work. My past experience with NVIDIA does not give me hope here. \begin{rant} If ATI/AMD would just publish their device (GPU) specifications, we could do the open-source thing and life would be good. At present, I have NO good suppliers of GPUs to go to. This is as bad as the mainframe world of the 1970s, when IBM refused to publish their I/O channel specifications, in the hope of keeping their monopoly. Perhaps someone should sue ATI/AMD and NVIDIA to get them to publish their interface specifications. \end{rant} BTW, these problems, from what I've seen, may not be specific to ATI/AMD or NVIDIA, because it seems to appear with both GPUs. If so, my apologies to the appropriate vendor(s). If not, will you people please get off your butt and fix things? Thanks. Your Unsatisfied Linux Customer. -- [fglrx] freezes upon Logout or Switch user [patch] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118605 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs