On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:08:11 +0100 Peter Hillier-Brook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Andrew J. Barr wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Ananda Samaddar wrote: > >> Slightly off-topic but does anyone know of any efforts > >> to create Free Software drivers for the newer ATI cards like the > >> Nouveau project is doing for NVidia cards? I'd me more than happy > >> to lend a hand to such an effort. > > > > The radeon driver in X.Org is where such efforts will be going on. I > > suspect you'll see an increase in activity for supporting post-r3xx > > cards for two reasons: a) the 2D engine has changed and the radeon > > driver doesn't support new cards _at_all_, and b) there are efforts > > underway via the Linux Foundation's NDA program to get docs from > > AMD/ATI so that the opensource radeon driver can support newer ATI > > graphics hardware. > > Also slightly off-topic; I recently made the mistake of buying a > Radeon X1550 which doesn't appear in ATI's list of supported > products, although it is bracketed by the X1400 and X1600 which are. > It functions alright with the VESA driver, but is limited to 1280 x > 1024, stretched to fit the 1680 x 1050 screen. > > This must be a limitation within VESA, or the driver, but can anyone > offer me any hope? I don't want to discard a perfectly adequate card > unless I have to. For what it's worth, ATI "support" have responded > to e-mail, but refuse to quantify the uniqueness of the X1550 and > effectively told me to get lost. Maybe AMD will work on educating the > ATI guys in the nuances of customer support :-) > > Peter HB > > I'm sorry I can't really help you. I'd advise you to just swap it for an NVidia. Although NVidia's Linux drivers are proprietary at least they seem to work. I used them myself for about 3 years with Debian and Ubuntu. There's also the already mentioned Nouveau project around which in the long run should provide free drivers. I personally would never get an ATI graphics cards again. I knew about the issues with fglrx but still went ahead and got an ATI. I knew the drivers were bad, but I didn't expect them to be as buggy and unstable as they are. Ananda -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
