From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hl86j-0005dF-69 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 07 May 2007 18:38:49 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l47IbYdr024314; Mon, 7 May 2007 18:37:34 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l47IXB09019470 for ; Mon, 7 May 2007 18:33:12 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65BF464B5B for ; Mon, 7 May 2007 18:33:11 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -0.873 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.873 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.873] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id zrloU1AHOnvT for ; Mon, 7 May 2007 18:33:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94D0A64AC2 for ; Mon, 7 May 2007 18:33:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Hl80l-0001v0-U6 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Mon, 07 May 2007 20:32:39 +0200 Received: from c-76-17-159-202.hsd1.mn.comcast.net ([76.17.159.202]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 07 May 2007 20:32:39 +0200 Received: from grante by c-76-17-159-202.hsd1.mn.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 07 May 2007 20:32:39 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-7.2 and ati-drivers-8.32.5 Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 18:32:18 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <2fcf3fa50705070753g66aab1d4we1e8ba062cdbd73b@mail.gmail.com> <2fcf3fa50705071100j8d5a8cj7c6028b6f96d991b@mail.gmail.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-76-17-159-202.hsd1.mn.comcast.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) Sender: news Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: d4c7a2a8-4170-4d5c-bd0a-8b6c79f5ece6 X-Archives-Hash: 85953cfdfbcfc22d494c0b258dbdb5df On 2007-05-07, Francisco Rivas wrote: >> Next time I'm in the market for a loptop, I'm going to think >> long and hard before buying another model that has an ATI video >> chipset. I've never had a lick of trouble with NVidia drivers >> and have had constant headaches with ATI drivers (from both >> xorg and ATI). > Your comment is really funny because I think the same before > my 8.36ati-drivers work. Honestly I think the same now, it's > important keep that in mind. In my job I have an Nvidia Video > Card and on the first time i installed the nvidia-drivers > pufff.. works. I used to like ATI because there were open-source drivers that supported 3D acceleration, but that ended a few years ago: the 9250 was the last board with opensource DRI support. Unfortunately, if you're shopping for a laptop there seem very few non-ATI choices. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I represent a at sardine!! visi.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list