On Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 09:41:34 -0700, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I wanted to check with you whether this is feasible before I attempted > it. I use a ATI HD4870 so I _need_ the proprietary drivers for a working > GUI. However they don't support 2.6.29 yet. So I was advised on the > RPMFusion list, that if I really wanted to upgrade to F11, I install F11 > downgrade the kernel to 2.6.27 and use akmod. > > I had some concerns about the use of stronger hashes[1] in F11, but I > was told they are backwards compatible. So my question is, would > installing F11 and using the F10 kernel rpms to downgrade the kernel to > 2.6.27 to use proprietary drivers from RPMFusion along with akmod be > good idea? Some of the graphics stuff has minimum kernel levels. In particular with all of the KMS work going on there is a good chance it won't be easy to make this work. If 2D accelleration is good enough you should get that right now with the open source drivers. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
