Best videocard depends on your requirements.
I need tv-out, and 3d acceleration, which leaves me with not a lot of
choice but nvidia/ati and a binary blob :S
Dave
On 26 Sep 2008, at 10:43, "Dario" <dario@???> wrote:
>
> Hi list this is my first post, I'm relatively new to the linux world.
>
> I'm interested in "videocard for linux" problem.
>
> I've got an ATI Radeon 9600. I can't install ATI proprietary driver on
> dynebolic (if I remember, there was an issue with kernel module
> compiling).
>
> I've got some question:
>
> 1 - What's the best choice for videocard in linux today?
>
> 2 - What's the dyne module with the correct kernel for dynebolic
> 2.5.2?
> Which of this?
> kernel-src-2618ck1d...> 09-Mar-2007 22:39 53M
> kernel-src-2621mm2.dyne 12-May-2007 22:29 135M
> kernel-src-26222dyn...> 22-Aug-2007 00:42 58M
> kernel-src.dyne 02-Mar-2007 22:40 53M
> linux-2.6.21-mm2-dyn..> 12-May-2007 22:02 14M
> linux-2.6.22.2-dyne...> 22-Aug-2007 00:42 13M
>
> 3 - In the installation guide of some software/driver, in the
> prerequisites,
> there's the specification that you must have installed "the correct
> kernel-source, kernel-headers, or kernel-devel package" (taken from
> nvidia
> site :-)
> How can I reach this in dyne:bolic? (I've tried some of the modules
> above
> without luck).
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> PS: I'm very happy to participate to the dynebolic/linux world.
>
> ciao!
>
>> this is a known problem, should be fixed using the 'fbdev' driver
>
>> unfortunately nvidia won't release the code of the drivers,
>> violating
>> a basic market law that keeps us away from using in any way we
>> like
>> the hardware we buy. another effect is creating lots of problems
>> to
>> support the hardware in 100% free distributions like
>> dyne:bolic. i
>> therefore encourage once again everyone to boycott all nvidia
>> products
>> in any possible way.
>
>> ciao
>
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