i have an asus l3c with radeon 7500 and i just installed debian from knoppix and it works really well with 3D.
but the radeon driver from the 2.4.21 doesn't work well. You have to download the source of xlibmesa4 and compile its modules. Then all works great. Joel -----Original Message----- From: David Fokkema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:34:41 +0200 Subject: ATI Radeon Mobility > Hi group, > > Maybe (just maybe) I'll be buying a new laptop. My current laptop has a > trident cyberblade i7 card, which sucks under linux. I have flickerings > and _no_ 3D acceleration at all. My thoughts are: new hardware, good > (perfect?) compatibility with Debian, ;-) > > Any thoughts on ATI Radeon Mobility 7000, 7500 and alike? You can't > download ATI Mobility drivers for linux from their site, :-(. How about > the basic XFree 4.2/4.3 drivers? DRI? I understand the 'normal' Radeons > are supported quite well, but the Mobility ones? I _really_ want a > laptop which doesn't turn out to be incompatible with Debian. And since > I'll be paying a _lot_ of money, I want DRI compatibility as well. > > Thanks, > > David > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
