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New X servers (ATI Rage & SiS)

Posted by HeUnique on from the from-SuSe dept.

SuSE has released new X servers for the Rage based cards, as well as for SiS. It looks like it was too late to be included on the XFree86 V3.3.5, but its good to see SuSE doing lots of efforts to write those drivers for those chipsets.

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  1. Re:I feel your pain. by HeUnique · · Score: 3

    Well, not to worry, GLX to the rescue :)

    Seriously, someone from the GLX Dev. team has came up with an idea - why not support ATI in 3D? everyone knows that ATI are not the best in 3D, but there are LOTS of users who have ATI graphics cards, and more users with systems with built in ATI chips who cannot afford to switch.

    To make long story short - ATI has agreed to give the technical documents to the GLX team, and now there are few guys who hack their way with the info. Ofcourse - if you can help - PLEASE do so..

    Offtopic (I cannot resist but to say it), looks like GLX drivers for Matrox WILL kick windows driver's ass hard! (once the AGP module will be ok and the XFree86 4.0 will be out)

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    Hetz (Heunique)
  2. commercial==good by Suydam · · Score: 4
    This (and other X drivers) is a great example of why Linux needs both commercial companies (SuSE, RedHat...maybe Caldera) and altruistic folks.

    There have been several X drivers in the past few years that we would have never gotten (or at least had to wait a long time for) if it weren't for the money-makers.

    That said, it's nice to see SuSE continue to release their stuff back to the community. They should be applauded for their efforts.

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    Werd.