Re: Distro with Gatos for Radeon or R128?
From: catimimi (catimimi_at_libertysurf.fr)
Date: 06/25/04
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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:26:43 +0200
"catimimi" <catimimi@libertysurf.fr> a écrit dans le message de
news:cbh48f$qlg$1@news-reader4.wanadoo.fr...
>
> "Tim Beattie" <no.replies@here.com> a écrit dans le message de
> news:mRTCc.37$cs3.21@newsfe3-win.server.ntli.net...
> > Is there a distro in which TV tuner support for the ATI AIW Radeon DDR
> > 32MB or AIW 128 Pro cards works pretty much out-of-the-box? I'm
> > perfectly willing to wield apt-get, rpm, or anything similar.
> >
> > I've been trying to get Gatos to work for several years now (ok, trying
> > occasionally, not continuously ;) and I've had no luck with any of my
> > PCs with any of the distros I've tried - RedHat, Debian, Mandrake,
> > Knoppix, Peanut, Vector, Slax, Dyne, with either an All-In-Wonder Radeon
> > 32MB DDR or an AIW 128 Pro.
>
> Did you visit http://gatos.sourceforge.net
>
> Years ago, while I was a newbie, I happened to get my ATI AIW128
> to work with 3D. It was quite easy. I don't know a distro with 3D ATI
> in the box. These was a very useful nwsgroup.
>
> If you don't succeed, I'll try to find how to succeed in my archives.
>
> Michel.
SuSE 9.1 supports radeon,
Have a look at :
Michel.
>
> >
> > Most of the how-tos and guides I've found involve lots of complicated or
> > fiddly steps, like rebuilding X from source, or copying binaries around.
> > Aside from the fact that something usually seems to go wrong or it
> > just doesn't work, it irks me that I have to make the system messy by
> > making changes outside the package management system of whichever distro
> > I'm using at the time.
> >
> > It's very frustrating when lspci tell me my card is there and happy, but
> > gatos's bits just say, "No ATI PCI/AGP Cards ?"
> >
> > TIA for any help.
> >
>
>
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