In the future, maybe you should acquire an inspiron gx520 and load FC6 on it. then load up all the stuff in this link
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/i386/repodata/repoview/sound-and-video.group.html
Then sit down and show your friend. Sorry not much help.....wouldn't know much about your r128 issue either. :(
On 11/14/06, William Case <billlinux@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi;
I have a friend staying with me for a couple of weeks. He is moving
here from another city and waiting for his new house purchase to close
and for his furniture with his computer to arrive. A perfect captive
audience to sell Linux and Fedora to.
My Fedora Core 6 i386 doesn't work.
"Np problem" says I to my friend, "I am on one of the most friendly and
helpful mailing lists in the world. You won't find anything like it for
help on Windows."
I send off a post describing my problem. No reply.
I try to show him the new compiz. It doesn't work.
I send a post describing my problem. No reply
I dig around and find that my video card using r128 driver doesn't work.
I send a post asking when it might be fixed. No reply.
I go to my backed up FC5 /etc/X11/xorg.conf and copy some of the
elements to my FC6 xorg.conf. I am not sure this will work, so I send a
post to this list asking if I will break anything. No reply.
I search Red Hat bugzilla for Fedora. I find a bug that is similar to
mine and add appropriate comments. No reply
I run into other problems that may be window manager related. I send
off a post. No reply.
"Well" I say to my friend "in the meantime, lets get some other things
working." I try to set up Gnomeradio. It doesn't work. I send a post to
the Gnome mailing list, wait a few days, then post the same problem to
the Fedora mailing list. No reply.
Sessions manager doesn't work. Several other applications are wonky. I
send off a list of wonky applications. No reply.
This morning my friend says that he is going out to look for a new Mac
computer.
No reply from me. I have googled and searched and found all kinds of
stories and comments about the failure/disagreement over AIGLX on r128
type video cards. Most of the comments seem outdated.
Can someone tell me:
Is this being fixed?
Is there a workaround?
Do I need a new video card?
Have I in someway in the past offended everybody on this list?
If I prepare a list of things-no-longer-working correctly, can someone
tell which ones are video card related?
I understand this is an all volunteer list. I have tried to give advice
when I could. I understand that FC6 is cutting edge and could have
bugs. I have been through the growing pains for FC3, FC4 and FC5.
Luckily, I have some work that has to be done I M$ Excel for today. But
I would like to show my friend more than half a Linux system.
--
Regards Bill
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