On 5/7/07, Nat Gross <nat101l@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 5/7/07, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Nat Gross writes: > > > On 5/7/07, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Nat Gross writes: > >> > >> > I would like to have Fedora on it in a dual boot config. > >> > If I have to, I'll reinstall Vista (and free Win software) from scratch. > >> > >> Are you really sure you can do that? > >> > >> The Vista CD you have included with your shiny machine is, most likely, a > >> castrated "rescue CD" that merely copies over the original Vista install > >> image off a hidden, extra partition. I'd be surprised if it even gave you > >> an option of choosing your partition layout. More than likely it just wipes > >> everything clean and sets up an entire disk-spanning partition, again. > >> > > This is a Vista DVD and it seems like the complete Vista is on it. > > > > Currently I am trying the rescuecd but, although it boots ok, it won't > > startx, so I cant do gparted - yet. > > > > Make me wonder if Fedora might also have gui problems on this. > > More than likely. I'll probably get tired of repeating this: but you just > can't pull a random laptop off the shelf, and expect that video will work > flawlessly, in Linux. That's not the way it works. > > Now, if you have the basic model, with the Intel 950 video, you might > actually have lucked out, and there's a good chance that you'll get > accelerated 3D out of the box. If, however, you "upgraded" to the ATI > x1400 video option, well, you've upgraded yourself out of Linux video > compatibility (although you should be able to get basic 2D video working). > > Note that the preceding paragraph was based solely on the information I > could easily pull off Dell's web site, and www.mesa3d.org. Uh oh. We (we? *I* ) have a problem. I have the ATI X1400. I think I'll return the sucker. Hope they let me.
There is a RAY of HOPE. Namely: http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html This is a bran new driver! But.... although the install does not seem too complex per: https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.36.5-inst.html I am not sure if: a) I know the answers to the installer questions as it pertains to FC 6 (hint hint). b) Will I be able to get to the point where I can run the installer? nat
