On Sunday 29 October 2006 06:29, Karl Goetz wrote: > Bruno wrote: > > On Sunday 29 October 2006 02:14, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > > ... > > > >>> I 'll say that Debian detect correctly the hardware on my laptob > >>> (Dell Aspire 9100). Except, it seems, video card ATI Radeon x600 > >>> for which I had to install different stuffs fglrx and ati as it > >>> was not able to do 3D. > >>> > >>> But I'm not sure about that because I have the feeling that 3D > >>> support is in fact not included in the standard etch > >>> reposititories (but I might be wrong on this last asumption...) > >>> > >>> Bruno > >> > >> No, you are right, but as far as I know, it is NOT included by > >> default in any Linux. Nos Suse, not FC, not Ubuntu, not Debian, > >> not any I have tried. > > > > Hummm...I'm not sure about this : in fact I just installed KUbuntu > > 6.06 on my laptop and found 'DRI enabled' (in Xorg.0.log) which > > should confirm (correct me if I'm wrong) that 3d is available. > > > > Bruno > > Ubuntu ships Nvidia and ATI binary drivers (infact all of > linux-restricted-modules-*) on the install cds, its installed by > default. kk
Maybe in Edgy, but that didn't happen on my system when I installed Dapper. Ubunutu, like many distros, focuses on the free software. I had to go to a separate non-free one for Flash, Acrobat, and the NVidia drivers. When I did the first install of the full system, I tested my card with a game that slows down the entire system if the NVidia drivers are not installed and it brought my system to a crawl. I quit it, added the non-free repository, installed the NVidia drivers, restarted X, and the game ran fine. Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
