Re: Radeon 9700 Pro, Vesa, and Debian

[Romuald DELAVERGNE <delavergne@availix.fr>]

Le 2002.08.29 19:37, Nick Lidakis a écrit :
> I was thinking of purchasing a Radeon 9700 Pro for use in a second 
> Windows XP gaming machine. I would also like to have a partition with a 
> debian setup. Would it be possible to use this video card with the VESA 
> driver? Are most current video cards VESA compliant? I understand that 
> there may not be a linux driver available for some time, but would like 
> to be able  to use the card with basic 2D functionality.

I think it will be usable.
Before XFree4.2 debian packages were ready, I used the VESA mode with my 
Radeon 8500.