Comment 7 for bug 535653

Right sorry yes now with KMS this has to be done as root.

On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 01:48:43AM -0000, Alex Chekholko wrote:
> Ran latest updates as of now. Tried using the avivotool and it
> segfaults:
>
> alex@axu:~$ sudo aptitude search radeontool
> i radeontool - utility to control ATI Radeon backlight fu
> alex@axu:~$ avivotool regs all > regdump_good.txt
> mapping ctrl region
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> alex@axu:~$ cat regdump_good.txt
> alex@axu:~$
>
> Ran it as root (with sudo) and that worked.
>
> ** Attachment added: "regdump_good.txt"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42740003/regdump_good.txt
>
> --
> System freeze during X start-up and while X is running, but only on battery.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/535653
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