Re: [Cooker] avivo open source driver for ATI X1xxx series cards added to Cooker - please test

[Eric Elena]

Le samedi 04 aoÃt 2007 Ã 14:07 -0700, Adam Williamson a Ãcrit :
> first I want to check if it
> actually works =) So can anyone who has one of these cards please try it
> out? All you should need to do is install the x11-driver-video-avivo
> package from contrib and switch your driver in xorg.conf from 'fglrx' or
> 'vesa' or 'fbdev' or whatever to 'avivo'. Thanks!

It works fine with my firegl 5200 card.

Card:ATI Radeon X1300 - X1950: ATI Technologies Inc|M56GL [Mobility
FireGL V5200] [DISPLAY_VGA] (vendor:1002 device:71c4 subv:17aa
subd:2007)

> Expected result would be decent 2D functionality - better than the vesa
> or fbdev drivers. I don't expect anything much from 3D yet. fglrx is
> still the *best* driver for these cards, but I want to have avivo
> available as the free alternative.

I didn't see any difference between fglrx, vesa and avivo drivers for 2D
apps. Maybe my eyes are not a good tool to compare. I didn't try with 3D
apps.

Eric