[gentoo-user] About ATI drivers in X.org 7

2005-10-07 Thread Rafael Fernández López
Hi, I've read something somewhere that have amazed me... Is X.org developing new ATI drivers, better far from ATI.com ? If that's affirmative... We will be able to use Damage extension (and Composite extension) with ati rendering ? And when is X.org going to be able on portage ?

Re: [gentoo-user] About ATI drivers in X.org 7

2005-10-07 Thread Holly Bostick
Rafael Fernández López schreef: Hi, I've read something somewhere that have amazed me... Is X.org developing new ATI drivers, better far from ATI.com ? Yes and no... I think what you're talking about is most likely the open source r300 drivers (similar in effect to the open source 'radeon'

Re: [gentoo-user] About ATI drivers in X.org 7

2005-10-07 Thread Rafael Fernández López
Well, my opinion was (and is) to wait. You aren't losing anything and you're winning stability. Sorry, I meant X.org 7 instead of X.org. Obviously, I knew that X.org is in portage !! ;) Bye and thanks !! 2005/10/7, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Rafael Fernández López schreef: Hi, I've

Re: [gentoo-user] About ATI drivers in X.org 7

2005-10-07 Thread Luis Felipe Strano Moraes
There's a question on the forums about this, and they explain there how toi install it. It only needs to unmask xorg-x11 6.8.99 and install one package from the new modular ones. Search there for more help. I'm going to buy myself a Radeon 9600 this weekend mainly because of the free software