Charles A Edwards wrote:
>
> On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 13:08:28 +0200 (SAST)
> Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Sorry, I seem to have missed the bugzilla mail for it, but there
> > already is a bug, marked stopper, at:
>
> It's not really a show stopper just a big inconvenience.
> This bugs affect All radeons, except for possibly the 8500-up for
> which ATI has issued their own drivers.
> The bug exist because neither XFree86 nor the current kernel contains
> the drm module so dri, 3d hardware accel, will not work.
> Disable dri and there is no problem booting to X, just hope you like
> solitaire cause you ain't going to be playing no UT or Quake.
>
> Charles
>
> ----------------
> I wonder if I ought to tell them about my PREVIOUS LIFE as a COMPLETE
> STRANGER?
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> Mandrake Linux 9.1
> Kernel- 2.4.21-1mdk
> ----------------------
>
Umm, so there will be no more support for Radeon < 8500 DRM? Will I have
to buy new video hardware to keep up with cooker? Excuse my ignorance,
but exactly why has this support been excluded?
Cheers,
JJ
