Problems With OEM ATI Cards And ATI's Linux Driver

Doug Bostrom writes "Over at FlightGear.org, Andy Ross describes how ATI's new Linux drivers only seem to work with "official" ATI cards (made by ATI), why that does not make sense, and a possible fix that unfortunately would mean booting Windows, if only for a few minutes."

Comments

The solution

[Anonymous Coward]

Get NVidia instead, ATI is shit anyways.

ATI has a history of bad drivers

[Anonymous Coward]

thats just what happens when you get ATI cards, they can't write drivers worth a damn :)

Re:Not everyone has *dual boot

[EddieSam]

Read the article, moron.

I quote from a comment from a Slashdotter of above-average intelligence, ie, one that did actually read the article:

According to the message posted, the utility used to reflash the BIOS runs in DOS, not Windows, and will work in FreeDOS

Who cares?

[Anonymous Coward]

ATI would pimp their momma for a dollar. So would Apple, maybe thats why theire doing business togeter.

Sad

[unterderbrucke]

"unfortunately would mean booting Windows"

This quote examplifies exactly what is wrong with you Linux geeks. How are you going to convince people to adopt Linux by spending all your time bashing Windows? It would be anagalous to Juno spending all its time to bash AOL, and look where it has gotten them!

Re:Sad

[Sex_On_The_Beach]

Face it.. Linux is a shitload of patchy code from a geek's closet.

How many HOW-TO's will it take to install a video driver?

Re:Summary is wrong

[martyn s]

(sorry, cut & paste url.. never bothered to learn html)

You've got to be kidding me. I've never bothered to "learn" html either, but I still know how to write a link. Knowing had a make a link is not called "learning" html.

Re:This isn't just Linux!

[Anonymous Coward]

Uh, might I suggest nVidia.

There are so, SO many freaking suck-ass issues with ATI hardware and drivers. It's not even funny. I feel sorry for all you ATI lusers.

Re:... for those of you who don't believe ...

[tanksimpson]

And if I pop my Counter-Strike CD into a Mac OS X machine, will it "just work"? ...

Yeah, that's what I thought. My boring beige PC may not run a fancy screenshot OS like your Mac, but it gets the job done, crappy drivers and all.

Re:It makes perfect sense

[perky]

Your username says it all really: you haven't got the first fucking clue, but the MBA gives you license to spout all kind of shit. Hope your job in the (health) insurance industry is really interesting.