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List:       linux-laptop
Subject:    Re: [linux-laptop] DRI
From:       Timothy Murphy <tim () birdsnest ! maths ! tcd ! ie>
Date:       2004-06-04 17:11:54
Message-ID: 200406041811.54157.tim () birdsnest ! maths ! tcd ! ie
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On Thursday 03 June 2004 22:43, Lorenzo Hernandez Garcia-Hierro wrote:

> Do not update more to XFree86 !! USE XORG INSTEAD.
> XFree86 is now almost obsolete comparing it with the new fork
> called XOrg ( http://www.x.org ) that is updated often and it is FREE
> SOFTWARE with a FREE LICENSE.

I must say if I had an ATI Radeon card I would probably stay with XFree86
as long as possible, as there seem to be some unresolved problems
with the ati driver in Xorg,
judging by the Fedora-2 mailing list.

I have an ATI Rage Mobility board in my Sony C1VFK Picturebook (notebook),
and I can only get 8bpp at 1024x480,
while I used to get 16bpp with XFree86,
As far as I can see, no-one has managed to get 16bpp working
under Xorg at this resolution.

If anyone has, I would love to hear from them.


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