On 11/25/2009 02:47 AM, Basil Chupin wrote: [snip]
Considering from what I have read that 9.10 was a total disaster as a release I am not surprised that you are suggesting the installation of 9.04 :-) . The question here is, with 9.04 using an old kernel, is the problem with the ATI driver or is it kernel related?
I thought that I had read recently that the ATI drivers were improved and released (?)a few weeks ago - but don't quote me, it's just something which I seem to have read somewhere, maybe :-) .
No, surprisingly, you're memory is correct.....this time. ;) 9.04 DOES work well on SOME hardware. The latest ATI/AMD unified driver will work on some systems, BUT the chipset has to be one of the latest. The problem is that there's a lot of "older" chipsets being used on NEW 'puters in stores presently and there's only 2D support with NO acceleration!! AMD awhile ago blew it's nose and said they want to support the "older" chipsets, but there's been NO movement in that direction and I'm not about to hold my breath waiting for them. The numskulls at ATI who write drivers should be fired, and simply make ALL the specs open source!!! The Linux community could have GOOD drivers written in no time. Fred -- A REVOLUTIONARY IDEA! 'Time to put Nana Pelosi in a home!' -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org