Re: DRM and higher screen resolutions on older hardware for current/13-ALPHA3

2021-02-04 Thread Graham Perrin
On 05/02/2021 06:09, George Michaelson wrote: I have a Lenovo Edge 420 with the ATI/Radeon graphics card. Please, which card, exactly? This utility can help to gather useful information: sysutils/hw-probe A recent probe of my own notebook (with Radeon hardware), but please note that it's

Re: DRM and higher screen resolutions on older hardware for current/13-ALPHA3

2021-02-04 Thread George Michaelson
Thanks. That's most helpful! compiling now "lets see what happens" -G On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 5:06 PM Bakul Shah wrote: > > > > > On Feb 5, 2021, at 6:09 AM, George Michaelson wrote: > > > > I have a Lenovo Edge 420 with the ATI/Radeon graphics card. > > > > The "this .ko, that blob" thing is

Re: DRM and higher screen resolutions on older hardware for current/13-ALPHA3

2021-02-04 Thread Bakul Shah
> On Feb 5, 2021, at 6:09 AM, George Michaelson wrote: > > I have a Lenovo Edge 420 with the ATI/Radeon graphics card. > > The "this .ko, that blob" thing is really confusing if you've been out > of the loop for a while, and with older hardwar (its 8+ year old > laptop) its not impossible

DRM and higher screen resolutions on older hardware for current/13-ALPHA3

2021-02-04 Thread George Michaelson
I have a Lenovo Edge 420 with the ATI/Radeon graphics card. The "this .ko, that blob" thing is really confusing if you've been out of the loop for a while, and with older hardwar (its 8+ year old laptop) its not impossible its fallen off the curve of available .ko drivers. Anyone have any