On 2007.08.15 18:00:14 -0600, Brian de Alwis wrote:
> On a related note, I finally made a package for installing the ATI
> binary drivers, which is currently in wip/ati-xfree86-bin.  This
> package installs the latest and greatest -- which unfortunately
> still has this same performance issue!

On the bright side, the drivers now properly display the mouse
pointer on the second screen.

I had some problems running the resulting X server -- the machine
appeared to lock solid.  Running X directly with a specified layout
first seems to have magically (puzzlingly) fixed this.  For example:

    $ X -layout 'your layout identifier'

YMMV.

Brian.

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