[ale] Video Problems

[Keeler, James]

I got a response to an email I sent to nVidia.  You can read it at:
http://support.nvidia.com/apps/support/myRequests/index.asp?RequestKey=%7bF4
408974-F0AA-408B-BE38-AEE886C9CA37%7d

BTW, there is a nVidia message board that has 2 sections dedicated to Linux,
just got to: http://nvnews.net/vbulletin/

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James R. Keeler, MCSE
Information Systems Specialist
Hamilton County Sheriff's Office
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dow Hurst [mailto:dhurst at kennesaw.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 5:48 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Video Problems


James,
I believe you should post on a PPC Linux listserv about this and also 
you might try downloading the CVS from the DRI project off of 
sourceforge.  Give compiling it a shot as it might work out.  You could 
always email one of the DRI sourceforge developers on the ATI RagePro 
project about PPC.  Ask whether it will compile for PPC.
Dow


Keeler, James wrote:

>On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Keeler, James wrote:
>
>  
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>>Anyone know where to find a nVidia or ATI driver for PowerPC?  The OS 
>>runs and I have video but the bundled drivers are not optimized for my 
>>setup.
>>    
>>
>My
>  
>
>>biggest problem is that hardware acceleration is not an option.
>>
>>    
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>
>Try looking at http://dri.sourceforge.net for drivers and so forth for 
>ATI
>cards. If you figure out the correct incantation to install the new 
>software, I'd appreciate knowing. It looks simple, but gets wedged on a 
>RH9 installation. 8-(.
>
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>>The cards I have tried: ATI Rage 128 Pro, nVidia GeForce 4
>>
>>One more thing...  Are there any distros that run better on PPCs or 
>>have better support for PPCs than Yellow Dog?
>>    
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>
>I dunno. When I looked there was a ppc distribution for SuSe, and I 
>think
>Debian, but the status of such I cann't say.
>
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>
>Many distros have a PPC version: Mandrake, SuSE, Debian, Yellow Dog, 
>Gentoo, etc...  So far I have tried the Mandrake and Yellow Dog 
>versions (I couldn't get the SuSE version to load).  The Mandrake 
>version was HELL to load so I have been forced to use Yellow Dog.
>
>A more experienced Linux user might not have had any problems with 
>Mandrake or SuSE, but I can only speak for my own experiences.
>
>-James
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