From: Alecks Gates <alecks.g@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Selecting a Linux compatible mobo for FX8350
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:23:14 -0600 [thread overview]
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On Feb 12, 2013 6:26 AM, "Nilesh Govindrajan" <me@nileshgr.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan <me@nileshgr.com>
wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Helmut Jarausch
> > <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> 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
>
The in-kernel Radeon drivers should work great with that card as well,
assuming you don't need accelerated 3d.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-12 15:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-12 9:07 [gentoo-user] Selecting a Linux compatible mobo for FX8350 Nilesh Govindrajan
2013-02-12 10:52 ` Jens Reinemuth
2013-02-12 11:46 ` Nilesh Govindrajan
2013-02-12 11:56 ` Nilesh Govindrajan
2013-02-12 12:04 ` Helmut Jarausch
2013-02-12 12:09 ` Nilesh Govindrajan
2013-02-12 12:25 ` Nilesh Govindrajan
2013-02-12 15:23 ` Alecks Gates [this message]
2013-02-12 20:23 ` James Cloos
2013-02-13 4:53 ` Nilesh Govindrajan
2013-02-13 11:33 ` [gentoo-user] " masterprometheus
2013-02-13 5:31 ` [gentoo-user] " Volker Armin Hemmann
2013-02-13 5:35 ` Nilesh Govindrajan
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