Question regarding openGL support with opensource drivers

[Andy Burns]

Robin Laing wrote:

> What ATI card?

It's a PCIe X550 based card, working OK with the stock xorg drivers for 
everything bar 3D, which in truth I don't particularly need, but I'm 
interested from a _testing_ point to view ...

> I have not touched an ATI card since I purchased a new computer and got rid of the card 20 days later. 

I trust you found a suitable card, with suitable drivers for your needs, 
what did you settle on and what was important for you?

> My experience says it will depend on the card and the version of the 
> driver used.

It's not a case of me asking for accelerated 3D support (either from the 
open source or closed binary drivers) more that I'm asking as a minimum 
shouldn't I get at software emulated 3D from mesa? As it stands 
everything from xscreensaver-gl-extras, to kinfocenter that even 
attempts to check for or use openGL gets refused ...