Graphics driver support in F21+

[Pavel Alexeev]

Hi

28.08.2013 20:31, Basil Mohamed Gohar wrote:
> On 08/28/2013 10:41 AM, Solomon Peachy wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:13:09AM -0400, Basil Mohamed Gohar wrote:
>>> Sorry to come out of left field like this, but would the system profile
>>> info we collect on install be useful in determining the weight of the
>>> need for some of these drivers?  For example, if there is still a bunch
>>> of SIS video adapters out there, we might prioritize support for that
>>> driver, but then not for others that don't show-up in our hardware surveys.
>> Another way to look at it is the platform capabilities of these graphics 
>> devices.  For example, Fedora 19's release notes claims a minimum of 1GB 
>> RAM is required.  Were there any pre-PCIe platforms capable of 
>> supporting this much RAM?
> Plenty!  The common limitation in the pre-PCIe era was 2GB or 4GB (e.g.,
> common 32-bit architecture memory limits).  I have several that are
> non-PCIe and have 2GB of RAM.  They run Fedora just fine.  They do,
> however, have more modern AGP-based video cards installed, however.  I
> haven't bothered with the embedded video adapter on them, so I cannot
> speak to their suitability for running Fedora 19.
I have old desktop installation with matrox-mga driver used. Is it will
only single VESA driver choose which do smaller resolution for that?

-- 
With best wishes, Pavel Alexeev (aka Pahan-Hubbitus). For fast contact
with me use jabber: Hubbitus at jabber.ru