4.2. does 4.1. didnt David Mintz schrieb:
> 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 > Spanish Interpreter > US District Court, Southern District of New York > Web Design & Hosting http://www.dmintzweb.com/ > Personal http://www.panix.com/~dmintz/ > > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCM d-(--)@ s-:+ a-- C++ UL>+++ P>++ L+>++ E- W++ N- o? K? w--(---) !O M-- V? PS+ PE+++(++) Y+ PGP- t+(++) 5 X+(++) R++(+++) tv--@ b++ DI+++ D+ G(--) e* h(+) r%>* y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ Nothing fights like the opposition _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
