Re: [vox-tech] Can't get RedHat Enterprise AS to Install
On Mon 01 Mar 04, 11:36 AM, Bill Broadley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 07:18:38PM -0800, Jim Lowman wrote: > > I suspect that the 9800 is the problem, since the archives show that > > usually the bleeding-edge graphics > > cards aren't supported by Linux. Everything is fine in Win2000, but the > > Er, bleeding edge video cards with propietary drivers are supported by > the vendor, not linux. Did you try the ATI driver? It's listes as support > the 9800 series and supports xfree86 4.1.0, 4.2.0, and 4.4.0 > > > Linux install barely gets off the > > ground before I get a black screen. > > > > Before the upgrades, I had RH9 installed and dual-booted with Win2000; > > then I had an nVIDIA GeForce2 > > MX 200 video card which worked fine, but had no DVI-out for the new display. > > The nvidia drivers have been pretty good at supporting the newest cards. > > > I'm going to drop the old video card back in and give it a try. Also I > > bought another graphics card that uses > > the nVIDIA 5200 - it even says that it supports Linux on the box. > > Or just install without video and fix it after install. > > > Any idea how long it takes before video cards like the 9800 XT Pro get > > supported? I bought that for the > > "dream machine" that I'm building. > > >From what I can tell today. Anyone know if xfree86-4.4 support for the 9800 > includes full 2d and 3d acceleration? naturally it does 2D. i heard that 4.4 also does 3D for this card, but calling it "3D support" was said to be a "kind gesture". it's supposed to be full of gotchas and unimplemented advanced hw features. pete -- Make everything as simple as possible, but no simpler. -- Albert Einstein GPG Instructions: http://www.dirac.org/linux/gpg GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Can't get RedHat Enterprise AS to Install
On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 07:18:38PM -0800, Jim Lowman wrote: > I suspect that the 9800 is the problem, since the archives show that > usually the bleeding-edge graphics > cards aren't supported by Linux. Everything is fine in Win2000, but the Er, bleeding edge video cards with propietary drivers are supported by the vendor, not linux. Did you try the ATI driver? It's listes as support the 9800 series and supports xfree86 4.1.0, 4.2.0, and 4.4.0 > Linux install barely gets off the > ground before I get a black screen. > > Before the upgrades, I had RH9 installed and dual-booted with Win2000; > then I had an nVIDIA GeForce2 > MX 200 video card which worked fine, but had no DVI-out for the new display. The nvidia drivers have been pretty good at supporting the newest cards. > I'm going to drop the old video card back in and give it a try. Also I > bought another graphics card that uses > the nVIDIA 5200 - it even says that it supports Linux on the box. Or just install without video and fix it after install. > Any idea how long it takes before video cards like the 9800 XT Pro get > supported? I bought that for the > "dream machine" that I'm building. >From what I can tell today. Anyone know if xfree86-4.4 support for the 9800 includes full 2d and 3d acceleration? -- Bill Broadley Computational Science and Engineering UC Davis ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Can't get RedHat Enterprise AS to Install (XFree 4.3.0 doesn't support Radeon 9800)
On 2004.02.29 18:32, Mike Simons wrote: On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 07:18:38PM -0800, Jim Lowman wrote: Xfree86 4.4.0 does have support for the Radeon 9800 video card... however it seems that XFree86 recently (Jan 29) decided to change the license on the X server to be GPL incompatible. Depending on how the various distributions deal with with this it may take a while for that card to work in most distros. http://xfree86.org/legal/licenses.html === What about GPL-compatibility? The 1.1 license is not GPL-compatible. To avoid new issues with application programs that may be licensed under the GPL, the 1.1 licence is not being applied to client side libraries. === How exactly does GPL incompatibility cause a problem for the distros? -- I usually have a GPG digital signature included as an attachment. See http://www.gnupg.org/ for info about these digital signatures. My key was last signed 10/14/2003. If you use GPG *please* see me about signing the key. * My computer can't give you viruses by email. *** pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [vox-tech] Can't get RedHat Enterprise AS to Install (XFree 4.3.0 doesn't support Radeon 9800)
On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 07:18:38PM -0800, Jim Lowman wrote: > I've been attempting to install RH AS 3 on my Dell 8200 after having > done some significant upgrades: [...] > -- installed an ATI Radeon 9800 XT Pro video card > > I suspect that the 9800 is the problem, since the archives show that > usually the bleeding-edge graphics cards aren't supported by Linux. [...] > Linux install barely gets off the ground before I get a black screen. [...] > Any idea how long it takes before video cards like the 9800 XT Pro get > supported? I bought that for the "dream machine" that I'm building. > > Any other advice would be greatly appreciated. If you have a valid license for RHAS 3.0 then you are paying Redhat a lot of money to support you, and so you should ask them when they plan to add support for that Video Card into their release RHAS 3.0 release. RHAS is not designed for desktop use, by even mentioning a video card it's clear you plan to use the system as a desktop, so I advise using some other distribution. RHAS 3.0 comes with XFree86 4.3.0, which does not support the Radeon 9800. It's unlikely Redhat will change the X server from one major version to another in one of there quarterly updates to RHAS 3. So you will probably have to wait a year for RHAS 4 to come out. Xfree86 4.4.0 does have support for the Radeon 9800 video card... however it seems that XFree86 recently (Jan 29) decided to change the license on the X server to be GPL incompatible. Depending on how the various distributions deal with with this it may take a while for that card to work in most distros. http://xfree86.org/legal/licenses.html === What about GPL-compatibility? The 1.1 license is not GPL-compatible. To avoid new issues with application programs that may be licensed under the GPL, the 1.1 licence is not being applied to client side libraries. === Later, Mike ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] Can't get RedHat Enterprise AS to Install
I've been attempting to install RH AS 3 on my Dell 8200 after having done some significant upgrades: -- RAM from 256 MB to 640 MB -- installed a Sony DRU-510A DVD burner -- installed an Audigy sound card, vs. using motherboard-supplied audio -- upgraded from a Dell 1702FP to a Samsung 191T+ flat-panel display -- installed an ATI Radeon 9800 XT Pro video card I suspect that the 9800 is the problem, since the archives show that usually the bleeding-edge graphics cards aren't supported by Linux. Everything is fine in Win2000, but the Linux install barely gets off the ground before I get a black screen. Before the upgrades, I had RH9 installed and dual-booted with Win2000; then I had an nVIDIA GeForce2 MX 200 video card which worked fine, but had no DVI-out for the new display. I'm going to drop the old video card back in and give it a try. Also I bought another graphics card that uses the nVIDIA 5200 - it even says that it supports Linux on the box. Any idea how long it takes before video cards like the 9800 XT Pro get supported? I bought that for the "dream machine" that I'm building. Any other advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance...Jim ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
