> [Directly cc'd to original poster, since the volume of this list makes > it impossible to follow anything, IMHO. Sorry if this bothers you > David, but I wanted to be sure you caught my reply] > > Robin Laing wrote: > > > David Balazic wrote: > > > >> Just an info point : > >> - Fedora Core 1 > >> - Radeon 8500LE > >> - Enemy Territory v2.56 > >> = 35 fps > >> > >> after installing the ATI propietary driver : > >> = 76 fps > > > > I had a Radeon 9600 and I gave up trying to get it to work on the > > weekend. Installed a Nvidia FX5600 and fully operational in less than > > an hour. :) > > Hmm...I have an 8500LE, and it's running great at 2500+ FPS on FC1. > > Checked my rpm database, and it looks like I did it with > fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.7.0. What did you try to get it working David? > I used to the same package. I had to edit /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/agpgart_be.c and change "via_generic_setup" to "via_kt400_setup" in _two_ places and the recompile. > For reference, I'm also running FC1 on a couple of ThinkPad A31P laptops > (Radeon RV200 LX [Mobility FireGL 7800 M7]), and manage to get 1100+ > FPS, but only by dropping the $$ to replace XFree86 with Xig's > (www.xig.com) Summit X server. There are some things compiled using > specific Mesa features that don't work, but it made the overall X > experience *much* better. > > ~Jeff >
