On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, J.B. Nicholson-Owens wrote: > mal wrote: > > So the question is ... What is the most capable card that I can get that > > is totally supported by GPL drivers. I know this is really a back to > > front way to solve this problem but I am fed up with this situation. > > I have tried the ATI Radeon 9000. I'm told the ATI Radeon 9200 is slightly > faster and also a drop-in instantly-workable card. As I understand it, > there are multiple brands under which one can get these cards. > > For me, using the ATI Radeon 9000 was as easy as shutting off the computer, > physically pushing the card into the AGP slot, turning on the computer, and > FC1 figured out the card when I installed the OS. I'm guessing either kudzu > or picking the card from a list of video cards in the Display control panel > should do the trick. In any event, it was easy and hassle-free. > > I don't think the relevant drivers are GPL'd, but they are still free > software instead of proprietary drivers. the radeon dri driver was done by tungsten graphics with support from the weather channel... http://dri.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/ATI?action=highlight&value=CategoryHardwareVendor > Good luck. > > > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel Jaeggli Unix Consulting joelja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx GPG Key Fingerprint: 5C6E 0104 BAF0 40B0 5BD3 C38B F000 35AB B67F 56B2
