On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 10:02:26AM +0100, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 06:42:53AM +0100, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > >> Bruno Vane wrote: > >> > >> > Hello, > >> > I have an ATI 9200SE card and i can't get 3d acceleration. > >> > I'm using Debian Sarge (3.1r4) with kernel 2.4.27 and XFree86 4.3.0. > >> > glxinfo gives me "OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect" > >> > What i have to do to get my card working? > >> > Thanks in advice. > >> Hi Bruno, > >> Wow, that's an old kernel. > > > > <snip> > > > >> Any reason why you want such an old kernel? > > > > that is the stock kernel in sarge. > > > > A > But Sarge does offer 2.6 as an option, yes? yes. I'm not arguing, just saying its perfectly reasonable for lots of people to be running 2.4.27 as its the "stock" kernel in sarge. ANd its not all *that* old is it? I think the 2.4 series is up to about 2.4.32 or so, but debian has 2.4.27-3 or so as its latest in the series. A
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