[opensuse] ATI open source drivers and HDMI
I'm working on (remote support) an older computer with an on-board ATI 1250 video card. The system is currently running on openSUSE11.1 because this was the last openSUSE release that supported the ATI proprietary drivers. The owner wants to update this machine to openSUSE11.4 but... one requirement, that HDMI works. I've poked around and not really found anything yet that tells me one way or another if HDMI will work with the default Radeon driver. Does anyone here have any experience with using HDMI and the open source drivers? I'd just experiment myself if I could but the computer is almost 9000km away from me... not close enough for me to tinker. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 11/08/11 21:43, C wrote:
I'm working on (remote support) an older computer with an on-board ATI 1250 video card. The system is currently running on openSUSE11.1 because this was the last openSUSE release that supported the ATI proprietary drivers. The owner wants to update this machine to openSUSE11.4 but... one requirement, that HDMI works. I've poked around and not really found anything yet that tells me one way or another if HDMI will work with the default Radeon driver. Does anyone here have any experience with using HDMI and the open source drivers? I'd just experiment myself if I could but the computer is almost 9000km away from me... not close enough for me to tinker.
C.
I have HDMI out working fine (1080p) with radeon on an ATI Mobility HD3450. Googling seems to indicate a ATI X1250 should work ok as well. Regards, Tejas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 20:13, Tejas Guruswamy <tejas.guruswamy@opensuse.org> wrote:
I have HDMI out working fine (1080p) with radeon on an ATI Mobility HD3450. Googling seems to indicate a ATI X1250 should work ok as well.
I Googled around a little but didn't really find much one way or the other... lots of info and people telling others to just use the proprietary driver etc (which I cannot with such an old card). The thing for me was simply... does HDMI work in general with the Radeon driver - last I tried it, several years ago, it failed in interesting ways. Since you're able to confirm that it's working on at least a 3450 with the Radeon driver... it's worth taking a chance with the OS upgrade. Thanks for the info. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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