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[Linux_Sle <linux_sle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

 On 19/07/10 21:39, Jakub Rusinek wrote:
> Dnia 19-07-2010 o 22:07:43 Linux_Sle <linux_sle@xxxxxxxxxxx> napisał(a):
>
> >   On 19/07/10 20:52, Jakub Rusinek wrote:
> > > Dnia 19-07-2010 o 21:40:26 Linux_Sle <linux_sle@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
> > > napisał(a):
> > >
> > > >   On 19/07/10 20:28, Roman Bysh wrote:
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > It used to be standard practice to have Nvidia rpms ready for the
> > > > > release of a new openSUSE distro.
> > > > >
> > > > > Who missed the memo for openSUSE 11.3?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers!
> > > > >
> > > > > Roman
> > > > The nvidia rpms provided have not worked reliably in the past in my 
> > > > experience.  Downloading and manually installing nvidia driver is a 
> > > > better option.
> > > >
> > > > Sudhir
> > >
> > > Sadly, I need to confirm it. After, 11.1 I guess, was released, I 
> > > installed fresh SUSE and decided to install RPMs as I used to 
> > > before, but they didn't work. I had to download the driver tarball 
> > > and compile on my own. Then it started working. I don't trust their 
> > > packages.
> > >
> > > Now I've migrated to ATI, but still have to compile on my own, as 
> > > ATI fails to provide packages... It's not good to rely on hardware 
> > > manufacturer...
> > Since ATI were taken over AMD, Linux support should have got better.  
> > Have you checked their website?  An old HP with ATI chip worked well 
> > with ATI drivers.  This does depend of course of the drivers are 
> > available for your particulae chip.
> >
> > Sudhir
>
> ATI support for Linux... sucks. It's hard to get Catalyst driver from 
> their website as "Download" page doesn't provide Catalyst for Linux 
> and searching the website can give you either 9.3 or 10.3 driver, when 
> 10.6 is available.
>
> I am using their driver downloaded from their website, opened form an 
> external link. And I also managed to run XvBA over VA-API and use it 
> with MPlayer and enjoy watching FullHD movies.
>
> And I have Radeon HD 4650 with AGP link, if you wanted to ask me.
From past experiences, ATI's Linux support can only be described as 
patchy and unreliable.  With this in mind, only buy computers with 
nvidia chips.  For the past 10 years or so, graphics drivers have not 
been an issue with nvidia.

Sudhir
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