You may not have read ATI's website on the Linux support issue. They support Linux/FreeBSD work but rely on the "X" windowing developers (i.e. XIG, XFree86 teams). I included the link to the RPM for the Radeon 9700/PRO. The ATI Radeon 9800/PRO, 9600, 9200 boards were just recently released as of yesterday (April 2, 2003) so you got 12 weeks before you see XFree86 drivers for them (maybe sooner?). http://www.ati.com/companyinfo/press/2003/4632.html http://www.bebits.com/app/2938 http://dri.sf.net/ http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net/ http://www.thedirks.org/v4l2/ http://bytesex.org/xawtv/ http://www.xig.com/ http://gatos.sourceforge.net/ http://pdownload.mii.instacontent.net/ati/drivers/fglrx-glc22-4.2.0-2.5.1.i5 86.rpm
~Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Fernandez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 5:07 AM Subject: Re: [Cooker] New Nvidia drivers for Linux (4349) > Nvidia has a nice PR. They have a forum for Linux users, and a developper > who answers questions, give patches and listen to users and their bug > reports. http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=14 > I always preferred ATI for their free community support. However their PR is > abysmal. Last year they promised to develop drivers for Linux, but they have > not updated their buggy drivers since november. Moreover, they do not give > specs anymore (above Radeon 9000). They seem to have dropped completely > Linux support, since the succes of their cards in the DirectX gamers world. > Unfortunately, it seems that it is not only the fault of ATI. They have > submitted patches to XFree, that have not been added for more than one year. > Some people say that ATI is not very keen to collaborate anymore, but I do > not think this is the only reason though. But at least they may open a forum > and update their web pages a little more. > I think I am going to switch to nvidia next time. I can live with > proprietary drivers (temporarily, anyway the graphic cards market evolves so > quickly) until there are free and working solutions from ATI. > > Eric > > >
