On Tue, 2009-04-28 at 11:59 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Rob Beard <[email protected]> wrote: > Seif Attar wrote: > > I have a laptop with an ATI 200m xpress video card, I tried > upgrading to > > Jaunty, but before the upgrade I got a message the my > hardware will not > > work on Jaunty (I had mixed feelings of disappointment and > happiness > > that it actually warned me!), so the fglrx drivers won't > work, but how > > will this affect me? i don't care much about 3d stuff, so I > am willing > > to give that up, but will my resolution be correct? and what > about XV > > video? has anyone here had any experience with this? > > > > I was shocked that ATI dropped support for this card, as > Imust don't > > consider my laptop old (well yeah, I bought it 3 years ago, > but i still > > think of it as new and up to spec :) > > > > Peace, > > Seif > > > > > > > From what I understand, it is supported at least for 2D > graphics so > you'll still be able to use the machine and it should display > at the > correct resolution but you won't be able to use anything like > Compiz so > you won't get fancy effects or wobbly windows. > > I do agree that it's not very good of ATI/AMD to leave their > customers > in the lurch like this. I have a couple of ATI graphics cards > that > luckily are still supported (just) by the fglrx drivers or by > the open > source drivers but I would certainly give it some more thought > when > choosing another card. I know NVidia aren't that great for > support > (closed source drivers etc) but on the other hand they still > do have > drivers which support back to the TNT2 and Geforce 256 cards > (I have a > couple of these kicking around still, and even an old Voodoo > 4). > > I personally think that AMD should at least support their > older cards > (I'm not expecting all the latest features, just basic > support) until > the community can get the open source drivers up to scratch, > although I > guess their argument is that they have released the > documentation to the > community to assist in writing the drivers (which NVidia on > the other > hand haven't done). > > Rob > > > I'm using an ATI Radeon X1200 which is supported under the Open Source > driver. 3D acceleration exists but is a bit rubbish. That said > however, basic compiz effects do work reasonably well. > > I believe your card (like mine) is no longer supported by the > proprietary fglrx drivers. I'm not sure if it is supported by the Open > Source ATI drivers, but you pop in a copy of Jaunty and find out ;-) > > Chris
hehe, I had thought about that, and used the usb creator to create a jaunty usb disk, only to relaize that the laptop doesn't boot from usb! will burn a CD once I'm home and post the results. My main concern is Xv and skype (skype needs XV for the webcam). Seif
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