On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Oron Peled <o...@actcom.co.il> wrote:
> On Thursday, 18 בDecember 2008, Erez D wrote: > > i have recently bought a new computer. my old one had nvidia , and my new > > has ati 4550 passive. > > ... [rest of horror story omitted] > > This is a typical usage scenario for binary "add-on" drivers > (just google for e.g: ubuntu madwifi) > > What is more interesting is how much had actually advanced in the > radeonhd (new free software ATI driver): > - Docs are freely available since end of 2007: > http://developer.amd.com/documentation/Pages/default.aspx > - You can verify that there is *ongoing* work: > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati/log/ > - The developers ask for testing: > http://airlied.livejournal.com/60180.html > Generaly David Airlie's blog (http://airlied.livejournal.com/) > has a lot of info about radeonhd. > > The simplest test is to boot Fedora-10 Live-CD. It contains > support for Kernel-Mode-Setting for some ATI chipsets. The > minimal things to check (IMO) are: > - If the boot is graphical and transition smoothly into > the login screen (will only happen on KMS supported chipets). > - If after login you can activate desktop-effects (depends on > 3D acceleration). > tried it. no X > > If you can test these and send /var/log/Xorg.0.log we would all be > greatfull to you. TIA. > where to send to ? i'll check when i get home. thanks, erez. > > -- > Oron Peled Voice/Fax: +972-4-8228492 > o...@actcom.co.il > http://www.actcom.co.il/~oron<http://www.actcom.co.il/%7Eoron> > "LINUX is tied fairly closely to the 80x86. Not the way to go." > - LINUX is obsolete, Andy Tanenbaum, 29 Jan 92. >
