[ale] Video Problems

[Keeler, James]

I emailed nVidia about my predicament, whether that does any good is yet to
be seen.  As for ATI, they don't have a driver either.  In fact, ATI doesn't
have ANY driver for Linux unless your board is a Radeon.  I can't find an
email address for ATI and their stupid online support form just sends you in
circles.

With the advent of the G5 processor and the release of 64 bit Linux distros,
I am hoping that Linux on Mac will become more mainstream.  In the
meantime...

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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 9:31 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Video Problems

I looked at Nvidia's site and lo and behold, no driver for PPC!  Anyway, 
I believe that means your out of luck on the Nvidia side.  I don't know 
about the ATI side though for PPC.
Dow


Keeler, James wrote:

> 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.
>
> 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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> James R. Keeler, MCSE
>
> Information Systems Specialist
>
> Hamilton County Sheriff's Office
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