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From: Francisco Rivas <taken2k4@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-7.2 and ati-drivers-8.32.5
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 18:09:17
Message-Id: 2fcf3fa50705071100j8d5a8cj7c6028b6f96d991b@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-7.2 and ati-drivers-8.32.5 by Grant Edwards
1 Your comment is really funny because I think the same before my
2 8.36ati-drivers work. Honestly I think the same now, it's important
3 keep that in
4 mind. In my job I have an Nvidia Video Card and on the first time i
5 installed the nvidia-drivers pufff.. works.
6
7 Actually RMS said "don't buy ati" he knows why, us not.
8
9 On 5/7/07, Grant Edwards <grante@××××.com> wrote:
10 >
11 > On 2007-05-07, Francisco Rivas <taken2k4@×××××.com> wrote:
12 >
13 > > Hi, I never couldn't get 8.32.5 ati-drivers working. Now I update to
14 > kernel
15 > > 2.6.20-r6 and 8.36 ati-drivers and works fine for me. I guess update
16 > > to 8.36ati-driver.
17 >
18 > OK, I'll give 2.6.20 + 8.36.5 a try.
19 >
20 > Next time I'm in the market for a loptop, I'm going to think
21 > long and hard before buying another model that has an ATI video
22 > chipset. I've never had a lick of trouble with NVidia drivers
23 > and have had constant headaches with ATI drivers (from both
24 > xorg and ATI).
25 >
26 > --
27 > Grant Edwards grante Yow! My life is a patio
28 > at of fun!
29 > visi.com
30 >
31 > --
32 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
33 >
34 >
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38 Francisco Rivas

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[gentoo-user] Re: xorg-7.2 and ati-drivers-8.32.5 Grant Edwards <grante@××××.com>