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Problems With OEM ATI Cards And ATI's Linux Driver

Posted by timothy on from the workaround-workaround dept.

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."

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  1. Luckily... by i_need_no_nick · · Score: 0, Funny
    I always use nVidia cards!

    They never have crappy drivers!

  2. Official ATI cards? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Are you saying that OEM ATI cards are not made by ATI?

  3. I've been hearing about bad ATI drivers... by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 4, Funny


    I've been hearing about bad ATI drivers since the days of the 80386. I've had some severe problems with ATI drivers myself, and needed to call ATI tech support. My impression is that the company should not allow receptionists to write drivers when they are not answering phones.

    My answer: For business use, buy Matrox.

  4. I love choice! by Siriaan · · Score: 3, Funny

    nVidia's drivers are wonderful, there's so many to choose from! In this modern age of infinite personalization and the choice to the nth degree, I love knowing that that somewhere on the interweb, there's a 12meg unified driver set made JUST FOR ME.

  5. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Booting Windows is a fix.