> Bryen wrote: >> I had thought I had an older graphics card in my system that wouldn't >> support Desktop Effects. > Yes, you do, just like me (9200 SE here) > > > But I discovered with glee that I indeed had a >> Radeon 9200 which is on the support list in the wiki. > Well, 3D is somehow supported for things like tuxracer but nothing at > all in regard to desktop effects. >> >> So I proceeded to do the one-click install of the ATI proprietary >> driver. But nothing changed. Sax2 still saw the old driver and >> wouldn't let me change to the new driver. > > As you can easily see on: > http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon-prer200.html > > The ATI driver for this card supports xorg 7.1 as the highest supported > version. Depending on your version of SUSE, you might have it and then > it will work. > > For me, 7.2 is what I have and therefore I only get the "native 3D > performance from the open source driver". > > As NVidia's driver policy is much more "tolerant" in regard of support > for older hardware, one thing is sure for me: > It does not matter to me what good things they will do under hte > direction of AMD in regard to Opensource. > > This will definitely be the last ATI that I bought. Luckily I do not > care about desktop effects. I tried them on another computer and did not > find any productive enhancements for my style of work. >> >> Going into Yast2 > Hardware > Hardware Information > Display, I see that >> the new driver is listed as (secondary.) >> >> How do I make this driver primary? >> > > I am afraid, you can't. ;-)) > > Kind regards > Eberhard >
Eberhard, thanks for the feedback. Ok, so if I just rpm -e the new driver, will I get back to my original state? Rebooting my machine, I lost all my graphics capabilities and now am relegated to just command line. > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
