2009/11/6 Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx>: > On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 14:57:38 -0800, > suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I think although on paper 4850 and 4870s are the same, they behave >> very differently. I used the radeon drivers until a few weeks back, >> about the time when quakelive received support on linux. I was never >> able to turn on desktop effects successfully, either with radeon or >> radeonhd. It was the same even for the F12 LiveCD for the Radeon test >> day.[1] The penultimate entry is mine. But I have to admit things have >> improved by leaps and bounds over the last few months, and I am >> waiting for the day when I can switch to open source drivers. > > A number of bugs were fixed about two weeks ago. You might want to try again. > Also you'll probably want to install mesa-dri-drivers-experimental to get > 3d acceleration and kernel mode setting for your card. > > If you have still have probelms filing bugs will help. > The next month I am in the middle of something very critical, so can't really play around, I need my system to stay up and running. I am even holding off the F12 upgrade for this. Would testing with the F12 LiveCD and giving feedback based on that help? I could easily do that without disturbing my current setup. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
