Excerpts from Bernd Steinhauser's message of on. juni 17 20:56:57 +0200 2009: > Gaute Hope wrote: > > Excerpts from Bernd Steinhauser's message of on. juni 17 20:29:16 +0200 > > 2009: > >> Gaute Hope wrote: > >>> Excerpts from Ingmar Vanhassel's message of on. juni 17 18:27:48 +0200 > >>> 2009: > >>>> Excerpts from Gaute Hope's message of Wed Jun 17 13:00:44 +0200 2009: > >>>>> Keep xorg-server 1.5 for ati's catalyst 9.3 driver, later versions > >>>>> don't work with cards after radeon hd 2000. > >>>>> > >>>>> - gaute > >>>> Ok, will do that. It would be nice if you could let me know when they've > >>>> fixed that. I'm not really interested in keeping track of the binary > >>>> blobs. :) > >>> They won't :/ - dropped support for it. Maybe open-source support gets > >>> good enough at some point thou. > >>> > >>> I'm not using it, it neither works on/supports kernel[>=2.6.29] so its > >>> getting pretty useless somewhen anyway. > >> Which card exactly do you have? > > > > 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon > > Xpress 200M] > In this case, you really should use the radeon driver. > > >> Maybe you should start using the open source drivers. > >> > >> Apart from that, afaik, they will support the older chips in the future, > >> too, but won't release drivers for them every month (maybe 2 or 3 times > >> / year). > > > > But will they support newer versions of Xorg/kernel ? At least they > > don't do that yet. > Yes, but it might take some time. > >> Anyway, I guess you should try the open source drivers, refer to > >> http://wiki.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature > >> to see what should work with your card with either the radeon or the > >> radeonhd driver. > > > > I do use them, and they work well for 2D and regular stuff - but I > > haven't got the patience for the ati mess anymore. But I think a version > > that works should be in the repos, it still applies for a large amount > > of (potential?) users. > They do work for 3D as well, and powerplay suppord is currently in work. > Really, if your card is supported as well as it is, you shouldn't use > anything but the open source driver, it will prevent you from messing > around a lot.
You are right, and it's probably the best to drop them. Just for the reference, using the open-source driver gives a significant lower framerate: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=463&num=2 - gaute _______________________________________________ Exherbo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.exherbo.org/mailman/listinfo/exherbo-dev
