FC2 T2 and ATI fglrx

[Chris Kloiber]

On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 12:38, Chris McDonough wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Before I go off into the weeds trying to do this, I was wondering if
> anyone here has the binary ATI fglrx drivers working in any fashion (2D
> or 3d) with the following combination of system components:
> 
> - 2.6.mumblemumble kernel
> - X.org X11R6.7.0 (aka XFree86 4.4)
> 
> (in other words, the stuff that comes with Fedora Core 2 test 2 ;-)
> 
> Video from my Radeon 9600 Pro is working just fine at the moment thanks
> to the VESA driver, so I probably shouldn't mess with it, but the devil
> perched on my shoulder keeps telling me I need high glxgears scores to
> run Emacs <wink>, and Tuxracer keeps calling my name... ;-)
> 
> - C

Try using the open source 'ati' driver instead of 'vesa'. Works for me
on my eMachines M6807 w/ATI Radeon 9600 Mobility M10. Won't help much
for the 3D, but gives you 2D acceleration. 

(Yes I finally got most of FC2-test2 installed, running a custom kernel,
though...)

-- 
Chris Kloiber