[Vectorlinux-devel] ATI cards testing summary.

[<nig...@ju...>]

Just to summarize for now: After numerous installs on my test system
these results have been consistent:

Both the old Radeon 9500 Pro and a new 9250 lock up when running smp +
ati or fglrx.

The 9250 was a disappointment. 3D accel using "ati" gives corrupted
display in Google Earth (reason for wanting 3D). With "fglrx" 8.28.8 it
does not run at all, just hangs on splash screen. I tried downgrading
to 8.26.18, but this one gave me a long list of "API ERROR: could not
register entrypoint for *********.." The result was the same between VL
5.1 SOHO and VLD 5.9.9.x. This card does not have a fan and runs very
hot with 3D enabled.

The 9500 with nonsmp and fglrx does fine. Produces a lot of heat, but
the fan is enough to keep it stable.

That's about it for now. For further testing of VLD 5.9.9.1 I plan on
using an nV GF6200, which works very well when using smp and 3D.


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