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2010/12/21 Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>: |
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>> > > On 12/21/10 09:02:32, Jesús J. Guerrero Botella wrote: |
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>> > >> If you plan to |
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>> > >> use proprietary drivers then I'd use some other brand. |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Why? |
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>> > > I have several machines with an onboard Radeon HD 3300 chip. |
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>> > > The recent versions of x11-drivers/ati-drivers (currently 10.11) |
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>> > > run just fine with the lastest kernel (2.6.36) and the latest |
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>> > > xorg-server (1.9.2.902) |
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>> > If you have been an fglrx user for a long time you should know that's |
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>> > not the usual case (unless things have changed drastically in the |
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>> > last |
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>> > few months). |
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>> Yes, I do think it has changed recently. |
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>> There is even a a more recent version 10.12 but not in the tree, yet. |
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> I've been using fglrx for 18 months without problem on amd64 (which is |
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> currently using xorg 1.7.7). I would assume that ~amd64/~x86 would be more |
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> troublesome as the driver will take some time to catch up with the latest |
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> developments. |
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Admittedly, I never used stable arch, in either x86 or x86_64. |
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Admittedly -as well- it's been long since I used any proprietary |
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driver. |
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I suggest using the open driver unless you need the extra power for |
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gaming. Depending on your requisites the open driver might be ok for |
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you even if you are a gamer. Such chip is very well supported nowadays |
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when using the radeon free driver, even for 3d. It's just easier and |
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you don't have to recompile anything each time you install a new |
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kernel and/or xorg bumps its version number. |
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Jesús Guerrero Botella |
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