Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:
Hi list
The list has a rather long ATI discussion (and a fine one at that...) that I've been trying to follow.
Short question; I've got an IBM Lenovo Z61p Thinkpad with a stupid ATI graphics thing inside (next time I'll NOT buy anything with ATI inside), how to I find out what version of the ATI driver that is currently running in the machine?
What/which version is recommended in order to get GoogleEarth to run? Which version of G.earth is recommended?
The hardware is ATI Radeon Mobility-something on 32bit Centrino Dual.
Don't hold your breath, I just received a response to my latest trouble ticket with ATI about the performance problems with the current ATI Linux driver: <quote> AMD - Customer Care wrote:
We have responded to your issue.
Solution:
Dear David:
Unfortunately ATI has no information on the issue you have, as ATI does not support Linux or XFree86.
Drivers are there as a courtesy for your convenience, but are not supported.
Please visit the Linux Driver Feedback Program at
http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=1714
http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=1714
Regards, Rick T.
Ticket Information: Ticket #: 737-1394093 Date Created: 2/2/2009 2:42 AM EDT Category: Linux Driver Feedback
</quote> To which my only reply to AMD could be: Thanks Rick, Your answer was obviously a political kiss-off, but hey if ATI doesn't want to sell cards in a growing sector of the market, especially in these troubled economic times, -- that's your call. In close, I would be embarrassed if I were AMD/ATI and I told a customer that ATI doesn't have adequate information about it's own drivers in a thinly-veiled effort to "get the customer to go away." Second, I would be equally embarrassed to refer the customer to provide input to Linux Driver Feedback when I was obviously too ignorant to know that is WHERE THIS WAS PROVIDED IN THE FIRST PLACE -- Duh??? Well, again, I thank you for your time and comprehensive investigation into this issue and I will be glad to carry your response back to the Linux community so that all users of openSuSE and the remaining linux distributions can properly take your information into consideration when deciding whether to purchase NVidia or ATI for their next graphic card. If you would like to take a further look into this problem, I can be reached at the numbers below. -- 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+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org