On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, John Cichy wrote:
> On Monday 28 January 2002 10:56, Dexter Filmore wrote:
> [snip]
> >
> > And xfree86.org claiming they'd support Radeon doesn't exactly help it.
> >
>
> This is what bit me, I have been running linux boxes for years, I had some
> money to through at a 'monster' box so I looked around at what was supported.
> I have been running happily ATI cards sence way back when I was running OS/2
> 1.0 and fidonet, when I saw the ATI Radeon was supported by Xfree, I made my
> choice. The problem here is I am used to fooling around with hardware and
> installs (if you've ever installed OS/2 you know what I mean), but for a
> newbie, this would certinly 'prove' linux to be no better then 'windoze'. I
> think we as a community need to police ourselves a little better and make
> SURE if we say hardware is supported, it can be installed by a newbie.
>
Wait a second... I thought Radeon *was* supported in 4.2 I'm a newbie who
busted balls for days trying to get XFree 4.1 going with FreeBSD and an
ATI Radeon VE, and finally gave up because there just aren't enough hours
in a week. Now I was gearing up to take another shot at it with 4.2 -- am
I likely to end up cursing 'why don't this shit work?'
Thanks
David Mintz
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