Re: Radeon 9000 3D linux support? DRI experiences?

[Casey Boone <caseyboone@gmail.com>]

ati mobility 9000s work just peachy with ati's driver

i have one in my dell laptop

if you are using fc3 i would recommend you install the driver from
rpm.livna.org, i can get you the exact repo to add to your yum.conf if
needed as it is (was?) in a special testing repo waiting to be
included in the main repos

Casey

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 08:11:12 -0600, NZG <ngustavson@emacinc.com> wrote:
> Indeed they do, however this is somewhat confusing, as if you visit their
> section on drivers for laptops it says:
> 
> https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27
> 
> It may be that each 9000 chip gets hooked up a little differently.
> 
> Which makes me wonder about how flexible their 8500+ driver is, and if it's
> going to support OpenGL(or something equiv). Also I fear that since their
> driver was written for an earlier model, it may work, but probably isn't
> using the hardware acceleration the device actually provides.
> They certainly don't seem real enthused about supporting the penguins.
> The DRI stuff may have more man hours logged into this.
> 
> All of Acers support for their laptop is limited to Win XP.
> http://support.acerpanam.com/synapse/forms/portal.cfm?website=AcerPanAm.com&originwebsite=AcerPanAm.com&pupv=pu&formid=3394#results
> 
> Of course, I may just be being paranoid, and it's possible that ATI's stuff
> will work just fine, I just thought I'd poll the list to see if anyone had
> personal experience with this.
> 
> thx,
> NZG
> 
> On Wednesday 02 March 2005 20:31, Tom Conder wrote:
> > The Linux driver on ATI's website states that it supports Radeon 8500
> > and higher.
> > https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=3380
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > NZG wrote:
> > >Hello,
> > >Finally got my tax return, and I'm looking at picking up one of the Acer
> > >laptops that are popping up on tigerdirect, newegg, and such.
> > >
> > >Their GPU's are integrated Radeon 9000's.
> > >I went to ATI's website, but they don't seem to offer a Linux driver for
> > > them.
> > >
> > >The DRI project claims to offer 3D acceleration for ATI chips up to the
> > > 9250, integrating with Mesa.
> > >
> > >In the past, I have not had much luck with Mesa, but I haven't really
> > > messed with it all that much.
> > >
> > >Has anyone else been down this road that might have any advice?
> > >
> > >thx,
> > >NZG.
> > >
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