On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 05:38:52PM -0500, Nick Lidakis wrote: > Number Six wrote: > >Why does ATI claim they are just now released, and what does Slashdot > >think so as well? > >
Thanks for the excellent information, adding the list back in as they would also like to know. One thing I just noticed is mplayer is using the "x11" -vo device even though in debconf I specified "xv". I'm pretty sure "xv" used to work on my 9700 but now I've switched to a 9800XT. I'll probably have to search the forums for spomething this specific but do you have any insight about xv support? in 9800? in the latest drivers? etc? > The Slashdot story is inaccurate. ATI released 3.7.1 on the fourth with > a one line changelog; "Added 9800XT support". > This pissed off alot of the regulars who have been documenting issues > with ATI's 3.7.0 driver release, only to wait two months said added ChipID. > The drivers were pulled several hours later; many folks were having > problems just starting their X servers regardless of which card they had. > > There is a sticky thread at the Rage3D Linux forum here: > http://www.rage3d.com/board/forumdisplay.php?s=7237387fb3bcfc501d16f7cbfe59dee4&forumid=61 > > I have a ATI radeon 9700 Pro, and 2D in Debian's unstable Xfree 4.3. Xv > and overlay is fixed. > > According to the forum, there is a "hotfix" on the way, whatever that > means; the 3.7.0 drivers were unstable to say the least and provided > abysmal performance. > The only positive: the RPM was easy to debianize via alien and install > via dpkg. > One really glaring negative IMO, the ATI team claimed that the 3.7.0 > drivers were written from scratch --as opposed to continuing with the > Schneider [sp?] drivers-- and renamed the new driver 3.2 from 3.7. > > If the driver was rewritten from scratch, it should have been labeled an > alpha or beta release at best. Don't up the number, fooling those who > don't know any better that these drivers have matured in some way. They > are playing Jonses with nvidia me thinks. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
