[Newbie]Linux and the Radeon

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Dexter Filmore wrote:
> 
> > Could someone please help.
> > I have installed linux 7.2 with the Radeon 7000, the install seen the card
> > and monitor(mit 72)

i am using suse 8.0 with its XF 4.2.0 integrated and it works pretty
well.

i dont know what your time is worth, but as cheap as linux is, it may be
less
expensive to change distro's :)

fyi, jackc...


> 
> Okee dokee: first of all you are not running Linux 7.2. There is so such thing as Linux 7.2. What
> you prolly refer to is the version number of your distribution, which means the bundle of the Linux base system and
> a range of applications and tools. 7.2 should be RedHat or SuSE, if first you'll have to wait for other replies since I know crap about
> RedHat, if the latter you should upgrade XFree since SuSE 7.2 came with XF4.1.0 or so and everything older than XF4.2.0 causes nothing but
> trouble with Radeon boards (trust me I know what I'm talking about ;P ) or maybe you simply forgot to select certain packages.
> But more likely is you'll have to upgrade.
> Your Linux version btw should be 2.4.something, you can check in /usr/src by typing ls -l in case you installed the kernel sources.
> 
> Dex
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