[SATLUG] ATI Garbage

[Daniel J. Givens]

Sean Carolan wrote:
> Recently my ATI video driver has been creating squares of garbage on
> my monitors.  I have dual displays, and the lower right corner of each
> display has some blocks over the task switcher.  Quite annoying
> because I can't see what's underneath the distorted pixels.  I also
> have a square thing that follows the mouse around.  It temporarily
> goes away if I jump to a terminal and back, but invariably returns to
> haunt me.
> 
> Has anyone else experienced distortions like this?  I'm pretty fed up
> with ATI graphics cards, and strongly recommend that anyone interested
> in using Linux do not give AMD/ATI a penny.  I never, ever have these
> problems with my Nvidia card at home.

On my system at work which has a AIW 9600, I get the same thing. Most of
the time, it's only on one display, but occasionally, I get it on both.
It is annoying, but I've gotten to where I don't really notice it much
these days. You could spend $40 on a cheap Nvidia replacement provided
you have an AGP or PCIe slot available.