[Bug 924683] New: fglrx driver crashes with GDM as displaymanager (default for Gnome desktop installation)
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http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=924683 Bug ID: 924683 Summary: fglrx driver crashes with GDM as displaymanager (default for Gnome desktop installation) Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Distribution Version: 13.2 Hardware: All OS: openSUSE 13.2 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: X11 3rd Party Driver Assignee: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com Reporter: sndirsch@suse.com QA Contact: sndirsch@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- AMD's proprietary 'fglrx' video driver crashes when using GDM as displaymanager. This is the default when doing a GNOME desktop installation. Workaround is to use xdm instead (edit /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager:DISPLAYMANAGER). There is another workaround describedin https://oliverchang.github.io/2014/12/22/fixing-linux-amd-catalyst-linux-dri... which also explains the issue in detail. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
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