On 12/07/2010 01:45 PM, Jonathan Gardner wrote: > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Alan Cox<alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> My question is, how can I contribute to Fedora and thus the larger >>> Linux community through getting my hardware better supported? Or is it >>> just not suitable for a lay-person who knows how to program but >>> doesn't already have a background in these things to get involved? >> It depends a lot what the hardware is. If it's a variant of existing >> hardware that is badly supported or the like then even with no tech >> skills you can still be extremely helpful as a tester for anyone working >> on it, or to assist the actual maintainer in checking it works with that >> card variant for example. >> > Is there some registry somewhere where we tell people what we are > using and that we are willing to test? > > For the record, F13 on a Gigabyte 880GM-USB3 with a dual-core AMD > Phenom II (that reportedly could be unlocked to quad-core). While I > got dual-display working at 1920x1080 each, one of which is rotated. I > don't have MIDI working, nor can I use the surround sound. I just have > basic stereo. > > I had the fglrx driver working for a while, then it mysteriously > stopped working with newer kernels and now the radeon driver works > beautifully. Though not nearly as fast as the fglrx driver, at least I > don't have white lines at the edge of the rotated monitor. > The SMOLT database can help some, and give clues as to what some folks struggle with. http://smolt.fedoraproject.org/ -- 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
