Re: No 3D acceleration for Radeon X1250 (RS690)?
Kelly Clowers wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 00:11, Jonathan Kaye <jdkaye10@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> <snip
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>> I assume you mean a Mobility Radeon X1200 card. You can go to the ATI
>> site here:
>> http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html
>> and get the most recent driver that supports your card (8.10 does support
>> X1200 but I'm not sure about 8.11). Remove the old drivers and install
>> this one and your 3D acceleration should start working.
>> Cheers,
>> Jonathan
>
>
> It seems like bad policy to recommend closed drivers
> if the open driver may work :-)
>
>
> Cheers,
> Kelly Clowers
I agree with you, Kelly, if the open source worked. I've had a Radeon 9550
for years and tried the open source drivers periodically and have never got
the 3D Acceleration to work using them. Maybe one day it will but until
then ...
Jonathan
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