On 12/21/10 11:46:21, Jesús J. Guerrero Botella wrote: > 2010/12/21 Helmut Jarausch <jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>: > > On 12/21/10 09:02:32, Jesús J. Guerrero Botella wrote: > >> If you plan to > >> use proprietary drivers then I'd use some other brand. > > > > Why? > > > > I have several machines with an onboard Radeon HD 3300 chip. > > The recent versions of x11-drivers/ati-drivers (currently 10.11) > > run just fine with the lastest kernel (2.6.36) and the latest > > xorg-server (1.9.2.902) > > If you have been an fglrx user for a long time you should know that's > not the usual case (unless things have changed drastically in the > last > few months).
Yes, I do think it has changed recently. There is even a a more recent version 10.12 but not in the tree, yet. > > This driver **usually** doesn't work with latest X and/or kernel. > Punctually, it might, but usually you have to keep your system > downgraded intentionally to keep these drivers working. > > I am not advertising any other brand here (and I have mentioned no > brand name). Merely describing my experience with fglrx, for several > years and until a few months ago. > > -- > Jesús Guerrero Botella > > -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
