as far as i know there is no working DRI support for ATI cards . rendering is then without hradware accelleration and gem will give some error messages. u can then still use gem (from my experiance), but the single biffer mode will not work and gem will be unstable.
i cant explain why or if there is a solution for using gem without hardware accelleration - this is just what i experiance (i m sure mark or guenter are knowing why :-). i use a matrox g400 - dri works perfect with it.
cheers
erich
On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Mark Danks wrote:
ATIs are often problematic. If at all possible, I highly recommend anything by nVidia. The TNT should be fairly cheap these days and it works fine, although getting a better card always helps. Also, nVidia has tremendous support for Linux. I don't know how much ATI supports it.
Later, Mark
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-----Original Message----- From: Rory Walsh [mailto:rorytheroar@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 2:02 PM To: pd-list@iem.kug.ac.at Subject: RE: [PD] Where can I download Gem for Linux ( not a debian distr ibution)
Ya Mark I have been told by several people now that I'm asking too much from my graphics card, aswell as my CPU, as for graphics cards I have located a rather cheap(I know i'll be killed for looking for something 'cheap', but I am a poor student!) graphics card, the ATI 'All in wonder'? Have you come across it at all? By installing this card and increasing my Ram to 256 is there a hope? Oh ya do i have to check to see if the card is linux compatible or will linux detect it itself? I know that everyone out there will be cringing when they imagine what strain I am putting my humble little computer under but until I return to college I have no choice, so all the help in most welcome! Cheers!
Rory.
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