On Monday 26 Sep 2005 06:20, Ramin M. wrote: > > 1- ATI FrieGL cards. Do the ATI drivers work as they should? > There are ATi drivers for linux, but many people have problems with them.
> 2- Nvidia Quadro cards? > I don't know about Quadro, but NVidia cards generally work OK but usually need a little work for best results. > Are ATI FireGL drivers included in the main edition (PowerPack and > up). Any failure in installing these drivers? They are only available > in rpm format while Nvidia drivers not. So i tend to think there is > more chance that Nvidia drivers work without any problem. > The generaly recommendation is to avoid ATi unless you really enjoy a fight ;-) OTOH, there are kernel modules for firewire. One of my boxes has an Audigy card with firewire, and the driver appears to load perfectly. I don't have any firewire devices, so I can't test it, though. > 3- Audigy sound cards with firewire port. By searching the web, i > know that the sound works, but my main concern now is if the firewire > work too? > See above > I don´t have enough PCI slots in my PC, so i have to go for combo > cards. The firewire side of the Belkin USB/Firewire combo card that i > purchased a couple of months ago, does not work under Linux despite > the report some one gave on internet that this card works under > Mandrake 10.0. So now i am going to sell it out on Ebay and try other > possible options: One is Audigy cards with Firewire (and using a USB > standalone card then). I certainly want to have firewire access under > Linux, since i am about to begin video capturing and editing and my > capture card is firewire (Canopus ADVC-110, just purchased). > If someone reports that it worked under MDK 10.0 I would be very surprised if you couldn't get it working with 2005/2006. Before giving up on it, try asking about it specifically on this and the Expert list. While some people read both lists, many don't, so you need to widen your chances that someone knows the key to this. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Mandriva hints & tips: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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