Re: [SLE] Radeon 8500 and 3D?
From: BandiPat (penguin0601_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 04/29/04
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To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 22:46:59 -0400
On Wednesday 28 April 2004 12:31 pm, Damon Register wrote:
> I have been searching the list archive to find a solution for my
> problem. Enabling 3D in sax2 doesn't work. I see in several
> messages that this has been discussed a lot so I would only like
> to ask if my understanding of all this is correct.
>
> Am I correct in the following?
> 1. 3D will not work with SuSE 9.0 out of the box?
> 2. I need
> ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/X/XFree86/ATI/suse90/f
>glrx/3.7.6/ to get this working?
> 3. issues are as stated in README from item 2?
>
> Damon Register
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Damon,
The 8500 has been out for quite sometime now. I have seen support for
this card since SuSE 8.1! 3D support came in 9.0 without adding
anything, as it was fully supported in the kernel (fglrx module) and
Sax2. I have customers running this card without problems, but they
are full ATI cards, not clones with ATI chips.
If the card is a "real" ATI card, it should be ok in 9.0 naturally, both
2D & 3D. If the card is from an oddball 3rd party maker of graphics
cards, that could very well be where your problems are coming from.
There should be several mails in the archives about the things you are
asking about, as it has certainly been covered many times here. The
more you muck around with trying the ATI driver & back to Sax2, etc.,
the more likely you are to get a messed up graphics system. If you try
to use the ATI drivers, then stick with all ATI setup tools! If you
try to use Sax2 after installing the ATI drivers, YOU WILL mess
everything up the ATI drivers tried to do.
Lee
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