From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0B541389C9 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:26:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E121B21C01A; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:26:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ia0-f170.google.com (mail-ia0-f170.google.com [209.85.210.170]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 54ACB21C003 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:26:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ia0-f170.google.com with SMTP id k20so14474iak.1 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:26:00 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=bSomWir6FyjucORN9FpjFWllU2hUFlzbsf04f/vokT0=; b=akVar7suGzzwO/QJD+JtdDVV8lkG2byGYQ/nYQifl2wPzF0T1Ha3N+vdjID27ZyC93 NTVlFdY1fRFxmK33z4klBuv1SbdEUxIQQdVJLkEJfaoTW9MqxMly0YPyBkC/iIw13U0b nYFtiMLUXB1Q4ipKtLVvahh+vIqExyfvwWhpuVhHB0IRd7dZWDo9Nf+dTMe7khYTK7kj sNDmpy2SczOPEFoO96nK55kbSD7io9bDpGyxZixU8KPKLQYQfy063GzE2zMu+ufWxaSR cUtEVCQd7LaMJGQvVeXkXkYIw6A3fE2PJSBb4NbSGADX5kmlrR3k5hWtPoMNmYW/LP/6 3epQ== X-Received: by 10.42.19.197 with SMTP id d5mr23124700icb.29.1360671960456; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:26:00 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.64.143.70 with HTTP; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:25:20 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1360670681.4291.0@numa-i> From: Nilesh Govindrajan Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:55:20 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Selecting a Linux compatible mobo for FX8350 To: Gentoo User Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmK5RIQRPaxVLlyqTxFM0ozCnY2YcKjkh+iEJLDyWNJlJRoP0s8+mBky8YyGZkQyo8vniYd X-Archives-Salt: becd1220-5ccb-40a3-8b40-d221f7411d59 X-Archives-Hash: 6ead7a07c1a585d8bf93ecd9cbf94043 On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Helmut Jarausch > wrote: >> On 02/12/2013 12:56:31 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: >>> >>> I just saw the specifications of GA-78LMT-USB3. It has integrated ATI >>> Radeon HD 3000 and search results reveal that it works in Ubuntu (so >>> it should in Gentoo as well). >>> Thanks a lot man. >>> >> >> But keep in mind that the Radeon HD 3000 is a bit old and not supported >> by the recent ati-drivers. The lastest version working with that old >> graphics chip is 12.6_beta_pre897 which does work with xorg-server >> up to 1.12.x and the recent kernels (3.8) with some patches. >> >> But there is no promise that xorg-server 1.13.x or future kernels >> will be supported. >> >> I haven't tried recently but e.g. googleearth didn't play well >> with any other drivers in the past (at least). >> >> Helmut. >> >> > > That would hurt. By not supported you mean there are no bugfixes or it is buggy? > > -- > Nilesh Govindrajan > http://nileshgr.com It seems AMD recently released a driver for those cards http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/legacy/Pages/legacy-radeon_linux.aspx 21 Jan 2013 is fairly recent. -- Nilesh Govindrajan http://nileshgr.com