ATI video comes out of the closet

[Karl Larsen]

alan wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Sep 2007, Karl Larsen wrote:
>
>> Les Mikesell wrote:
>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>> So far the nVidia video card on my motherboard has been the one 
>>>> biggest head acke in this computer. It is wonderful with Windows I 
>>>> hear but it sucks on Linux. Had I known....
>>>
>>> Are you running the driver that nVidia gives away and fedora makes 
>>> you go out of your way to install and use?
>>>
>>> Here is some info:
>>> http://rpm.livna.org/rlowiki/LivnaSwitcher
>>>
>> Well I heard zero about it. But it is in this computer now. If I can 
>> figure out how to get the sceen size to 1280x1024 I will be a happy 
>> camper in this computer.
>
> I have never had much luck with the Livna rpms.  It may be because of 
> the "legacy" status of my video card or it may be something else.
>
> My usual method for building it is to get to init level 3.  Build the 
> commercial driver and reboot.  You also have to rebuild every time you 
> upgrade your kernel or the X OpenGL components.
>
>
Well at least it has kept the head on my pointer all this time. But I 
reset for a 1280x1024 millions of colors and when I reboot bet you a 
buck I have to drop back to level 3 and re-write the dam xorg.conf 
again! :-)

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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
	Linux User
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