On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 14:01:48 -0500
Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Fri,  7 Mar 2003 07:15:38 +0100 (CET)
> Austin Acton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Name        : ati.2                        Relocations: (not
> > relocateable) Version     : 4.3.20030304                      Vendor:
> > MandrakeSoft Release     : 1mdk                          Build Date:
> > Fri Mar  7 07:02:21 2003 Install date: (not installed)              
> > Build Host: klama.mandrake.org Group       : System/XFree86           
> >     Source RPM: (none)
> > Size        : 346233                           License: GPL
> > Packager    : Austin Acton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > URL         : http://gatos.sourceforge.net
> > Summary     : Gatos enhanced ATI drivers
> 
> 
> Just installed on a system with a Radeon 32MB DDR.
> DRI is enabled and working but appears to be sub-par to that achieved 
> if using the default XFree driver.
> Tested only with glxgears so this is by no means scientific.
> 
> As this is an experimental pkg it might be wise to note that when this
> pkg is installed the current /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers is renamed
> to drivers_old and a 'new' /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers is created
> which contains Only the ati2 drivers.
> 
> 
>     Charles
> 
If this poses a problem for too many people, I can change it to update the ati drivers 
and retain the rest of the drivers in that directory. Btw, there is an update for 
Rage128 and Radeons but I would like to wait a day or two for general feedback.

Spence

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