Fedora 11 x86_64, ATI HD4870, and RPM Fusion's Catalyst Drivers...

[suvayu ali]

Hi everyone,

2009/11/6 suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com>:
> 2009/11/6 Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com>:
>> On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 02:28:19PM -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
>>> On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 12:06:58 -0800,
>>>   suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > The next month I am in the middle of something very critical, so can't
>>> > really play around, I need my system to stay up and running. I am even
>>> > holding off the F12 upgrade for this. Would testing with the F12
>>> > LiveCD and giving feedback based on that help? I could easily do that
>>> > without disturbing my current setup.
>>>
>>> I doubt you'd get the experimental driver package on any of the live images.
>>> So you'd need to make your own live image. That may be more trouble than
>>> it's worth.
>>
>> Actually... the thing to do is to make a Live USB out of a Live image,
>> and then you can add/remove packages as needed.  A 2 GB USB key will
>> run you around USD $5-6 online and they're so handy to have around.
>>
>> The nightly composes have Live images you can try out immediately, no
>> need to wait for the final release, even.  Have fun!
>
> The manufacturers say boot from USB is supported on my board, but I
> have never had success with it. :( But I can always create my own
> custom LiveCD, then I don't have to worry about much. :) I will try
> one of these methods and see how things go.
>
> Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

Just wanted to report that I tried out the 64 bit Game spin Live DVD,
installed mesa-dri-drivers-experimental as Bruno had suggested, and
everything was almost perfect. I could even join a quakelive match and
spectate. (for some odd reason it didn't recognise my keystrokes
leaving no option but to spec) I also started up stellarium nigth sky
viewer, it ran very smoothly although it did crash everytime I clicked
a drop down menu. All in all, it was a very pleasant experience and I
would definitely keep trying it out from time to time along with my
proprietary drivers and switch permanently as soon as it plays my
favourite games without much trouble. :)

Thank you radeon devs. :)
-- 
Suvayu

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