On 11/20/2010 01:35 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
On 2010/11/20 01:18 (GMT-0600) David C. Rankin composed:
can't move to 11.1+ or I lose the fglrx driver
What why would that happen? What video card/chip needs what 11.0 has that 11.1+ doesn't?
Radeon x1250 in the laptop. The 8-9 driver is the last working fglrx driver for the x1250. Video performance with the radeon/radeonhd drivers is less than 1/3 what the fglrx performance is and laptop heat skyrockets without the downclocking provided by fglrx... The 9-3 driver (last legacy driver -- available with 11.5) provides only 50% of the performance of the 8-9 driver. Should just get another laptop, but it seems like a waste to toss a 64-bit, 17", 4G, 640G laptop.... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+help@opensuse.org