On 16.02.2012, lsorense wrote: > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 05:09:14PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > He was asking about a PCI card. > > PCI and AGP. But not PCIe. Not too many options for PCI and AGP anymore. > > > You're right, although with KMS, console will work as soon as the radeon > > kernel module is loaded (which can happen very early, e.g. via initrd). > > But that still won't help if ther display is needed before that. > > It just might be. I wouldn't consider it fully working if it didn't.
The point of interest is: "Not too many options for PCI and AGP anymore." If I NOW buy an AGP or PCI card, I can replace it later. If I need or can use an AGP card in two years, I probably do not get one. The following page http://www.jcsenterprises.com/Japamacs_Page/Blog/4B4B7BA2-7ABB-47F1-87AC-B03D37942BEE.html contains a listing: ---------- OS X Core Image Supporting Graphics Cards Geforce 5200 ,APPLE,2x Geforce 6200 ,2x Radeon 9600 Pro ,APPLE Radeon 9650 ,APPLE Radeon 9600 XT ,APPLE Radeon 9500 Pro Radeon 9700 Pro ,APPLE,2x Radeon 9800 Pro ME,,APPLE,2x Radeon 9800 XT ,APPLE Geforce 6600 AGP Geforce 6800 GT ,APPLE Geforce 6800 Ultra ,APPLE Radeon X800XT ,APPLE Radeon X850XT ,APPLE Geforce 7800 GS Flashed WinPC cards, denoted by . Retail Mac Editions, denoted by ME. OEM G5 cards, denoted "APPLE" Use in 2x AGP machines possible with flashed or ME cards denoted by 2x ---------- "Flashed WinPC cards" obviously means: it is possible to change the BIOS of the card. But how this could be done is not explained. So I either have to (learn to) flash; or DEBIAN does in the near future support cards that can be bought now. winfried -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/235028012.330501.1329415239420.javamail.ngm...@webmail22.arcor-online.net
