> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Bruno Prior wrote: > > Buchan, > > > > As was explained earlier in this thread, plenty of people have 9.2 now, > > because it is being included with various linux magazines. I don't know > > about the Spanish one, but the Linux Format DVD looks pretty official to > > me - there is a full-page advert for MandrakeClub in the same issue, so > > I assume Mandrake knew about its inclusion. > > > > What is happening is that magazines like Linux Format, who have a pretty > > positive impression of Mandrake's user-friendliness, have included 9.2 > > (original, without updates, due to publishing timescales, presumably) > > and encouraged people to give it a go. Many of these are inexperienced > > linux users, and are running up against the usual problems - most > > commonly patchy support for video hardware. Mandrake and Radeon has been > > a bad combination since at least the Radeon 7500. And it's a copout to > > say it's because of ATI's attitude to Open Source drivers (not that I > > expect you will) because other distros handle this aspect better than > > Mandrake. > > Sure, for the Radeon 7500, there is no excuse (but AFAIK it should work > fine out-the-box on 9.2), but for newer Radeon's, there isn't much we > can do, since no free software driver supports them yet. > > > And, as has been discussed in other threads, what really needs > > to happen if new users are not to be put off, is that X configuration > > falls back to a basic default (VGA or Vesa @640 x 480, say) or the > > console interface to XFdrake, rather than simply fails and dumps the > > user at a console. > > > > You could see this for yourself if you check out the Linux Format Help > > forum, but as a taster, here's a quote from a thread titled 'Install > > Mandrake 9.2 with ATI Radeon 9600 card?': > > XFree86 doesn't support these cards yet AFAIK. You have to have the > non-free ATI driver. Fedora won't ship it, and the drivers are: > - -on the commercial CDs > - -on the Club. >
IIRC Fedora does support them with free drivers : http://rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/rawhide/1.0/i386/Fedora/RPMS/XFree86-4.3.0-42.i386.html <snip> * Fri Oct 03 2003 Mike A. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4.3.0-36 - Added XFree86-4.3.0-ati-generic-shared-chip-data.patch to unify changes to atichip.h into a single harmless patch to avoid patch overlap and merge conflicts - Updated XFree86-4.3.0-radeon-support-from-ATI-backport-from-CVS.patch to remove changes to atichip.h as they're merged into the above patch instead - Added XFree86-4.3.0-radeon-support-backport-from-CVS.patch backport of support for newer Radeon 9600/9800/IGP/Mobility hardware from CVS head, along with a few minor bug fixes for Mobility and IGP. Very low risk change which is heavily audited, however currently configured to only build for cambridge and psyche until runtime tested sufficiently - Renamed XFree86-4.3.0-ati-radeon-dpms-on-dvi-v2.patch for consistency, to XFree86-4.3.0-radeon-dpms-on-dvi-v2.patch - Added XFree86-4.3.0-Xserver-xf86PciInfo-updates.patch which from now on will hold all xf86PciInfo updates. Moved all Radeon, s <snip> svetljo -- NEU F�R ALLE - GMX MediaCenter - f�r Fotos, Musik, Dateien... Fotoalbum, File Sharing, MMS, Multimedia-Gru�, GMX FotoService Jetzt kostenlos anmelden unter http://www.gmx.net +++ GMX - die erste Adresse f�r Mail, Message, More! +++
