Status of F9 and ATI

Raymond C. Rodgers sinful622 at gmail.com
Fri Jun 6 16:57:05 UTC 2008


Frank Cox wrote:
> Does anyone know what the current status of Fedora 9 and the "fglrx"
> proprietary ATI video driver is?  Are we still out-of-luck?
>
> When I installed an ATI video card in this (F8) computer, I discovered that to
> get the correct resolution for my monitor (1680x1050) I had to install the
> proprietary driver -- the built-in driver didn't go to that resolution.
>
> I'm currently holding off on updating to F9 because it's my understanding that
> the proprietary ATI driver is not yet available for F9.  I just checked the
> livna package list for F9 and don't see it there.....
>
>   
Although the Livna package isn't available, F9 booted right up to 
1680x1050 (the preferred resolution of my HP w2207h) on my Radeon 3850 
without even so much as asking what settings I wanted. That, as far as I 
know, was with either the VESA or default ATI driver (I haven't bothered 
to check which), though I'll admit I'm irritated that 3d acceleration 
isn't present.

Eagerly awaiting Livna's release...
Raymond




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