On Thursday 27 May 2010 08:40 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > Hello Jatin, > > On Thursday 27 May 2010 06:19 AM, Jatin K wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> does anyone successfully installed ATI Proprietary driver >> (ati-driver-installer-10-5-x86.x86_64.run package ) on FC13 ? I've >> installed fc13 on my dell laptop with ATI Radeon HD 5450 Series 1GB >> memory display card . I'm unable to enable desktop effects >> >> output of_* lspci | VGA*_ >> >> VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan [Mobility >> Radeon HD 5000 Series] >> >> >> *_glxinfo | grep direct _* >> >> direct rendering: yes >> >> any idea ? how do I install ATI Proorietary driver on FC13 as the native >> driver is not working ( i think ) >> >> > This is from Paul's email announcing the release of Fedora 13: > > >> * 3D support for ATI cards (R600 and R700) via Radeon driver. In >> Fedora 13, 3D support for many ATI cards has moved out of >> experimental status and is enabled by default. 2D support for the >> latest generation (R800) is integrated as well in this >> release. Thanks to Red Hat's Dave Airlie and many others for >> involvement upstream and in Fedora. >> >> > It has been explained many times to you (myself included) Suvayu I'm sorry for asking it again and again ( it is 'cause I've got a new laptop for my bro. it also having ATI Radeon HD 5000 series card in it , and he wants the eye-catching desktop effects ) > about the > limitation with ATI proprietary drivers. It is _not_ compatible with the > Xorg version Fedora ships with. But they always work closely with Ubuntu > releases, and soon after a general more up-to-date driver version is > released. > > Your options are to, > 1. wait for the open drivers to catch up > 2. wait for the proprietary drivers to catch up > 3. use Fedora without compositing (its not as bad as it sounds) > Ok I'll wait and stick to Fedora > Which is going to be sooner is anybody's guess. And as a suggestion, a > more appropriate place to ask your questions would be the RPMfusion > users list. > > thanks for the idea ...... :-) -- °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ Jatin Khatri Registerd Linux user No #501175 www.counter.li.org No M$ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
