On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 08:06:01AM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> "Manaen Schlabach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > It seems like everyone agrees that Video card manufacturers really
> > don't want to give up their 3d stuff and that seems to be the primary
> > reason we can't get a "good" open source
Christopher Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> So... what's the "interesting" stuff in the driver that they're trying
>> to protect? Texture management?
>
> I think the 'interesting' stuff is the nuts and botls of sending data,
> because I think they're afraid someone will reverse-engineer thei
Miles writes:
> So... what's the "interesting" stuff in the driver that they're trying to
> protect? Texture management?
Several different things. They often don't own the copyrights to
everything in the driver: they license some of it from other companies.
They also often license parts of the d
On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 08:06:01AM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> "Manaen Schlabach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > It seems like everyone agrees that Video card manufacturers really
> > don't want to give up their 3d stuff and that seems to be the primary
> > reason we can't get a "good" open source
Miles Bader wrote:
> "Manaen Schlabach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>>It seems like everyone agrees that Video card manufacturers really
>>don't want to give up their 3d stuff and that seems to be the primary
>>reason we can't get a "good" open source driver.
>
>
> S, sowhat exactly is in the
"Manaen Schlabach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It seems like everyone agrees that Video card manufacturers really
> don't want to give up their 3d stuff and that seems to be the primary
> reason we can't get a "good" open source driver.
S, sowhat exactly is in the video card drivers they're so p
On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 12:01 -0400, Manaen Schlabach wrote:
> On 4/21/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 03:37 -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> > > On Apr 19 2006, Ron Johnson wrote:
[snip]
>
> It seems like everyone agrees that Video card manufacturers really
> don't
On 4/21/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 03:37 -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> > On Apr 19 2006, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > Still, if they come out with reasonably priced cards that can do
> > > 3D like an NVIDIA FX 5200 using the nvidia binary driver, I'd
> >
> > How
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 03:37 -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Apr 19 2006, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > Still, if they come out with reasonably priced cards that can do
> > 3D like an NVIDIA FX 5200 using the nvidia binary driver, I'd
>
> How exactly is the performance of such a beast? I have never had
On Thursday 20 April 2006 23:37, Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Apr 19 2006, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > Still, if they come out with reasonably priced cards that can do
> > 3D like an NVIDIA FX 5200 using the nvidia binary driver, I'd
>
> How exactly is the performance of such a beast? I have never had the
On Apr 19 2006, Ron Johnson wrote:
> Still, if they come out with reasonably priced cards that can do
> 3D like an NVIDIA FX 5200 using the nvidia binary driver, I'd
How exactly is the performance of such a beast? I have never had the
opportunity of using a binary driver for video, since I don't n
On Apr 19 2006, Ron Johnson wrote:
> When Intel makes "stand-alone" video cards, they'll get more notice
> from those of us who don't want on-board video.
Actually, between the choices of being able to use the driver even if
the card is on-board or not using it (or it having poor support under
Fre
On 4/19/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 16:53 -0700, Xplicit Language wrote:
> > i have found a video driver on intel 82810 onboard video on they're
> > site at www.intel.com in the downloads and support section, i couldn't
> > get it to install since i am new to
On Wednesday 19 April 2006 19:34, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 17:27 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > On Wednesday 19 April 2006 17:08, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 16:53 -0700, Xplicit Language wrote:
> > > > i have found a video driver on intel 82810 onboard video on
On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 17:27 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 April 2006 17:08, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 16:53 -0700, Xplicit Language wrote:
> > > i have found a video driver on intel 82810 onboard video on they're
> > > site at www.intel.com in the downloads and sup
On Wednesday 19 April 2006 17:08, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 16:53 -0700, Xplicit Language wrote:
> > i have found a video driver on intel 82810 onboard video on they're
> > site at www.intel.com in the downloads and support section, i couldn't
> > get it to install since i am new t
right i see what you meanRon Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 16:53 -0700, Xplicit Language wrote:> i have found a video driver on intel 82810 onboard video on they're> site at www.intel.com in the downloads and support section, i couldn't> get it to install since i am new
On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 16:53 -0700, Xplicit Language wrote:
> i have found a video driver on intel 82810 onboard video on they're
> site at www.intel.com in the downloads and support section, i couldn't
> get it to install since i am new to linux, but it was there.
When Intel makes "stand-alone" vi
i have found a video driver on intel 82810 onboard video on they're site at www.intel.com in the downloads and support section, i couldn't get it to install since i am new to linux, but it was there.Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Manaen and others interested in Freedom.On Apr 18 200
Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Manaen and others interested in Freedom.On Apr 18 2006, Manaen Schlabach wrote:> From a recent ZDNet article> > http://news.com.com/2102-7344_3-6061491.html?tag=st.util.printYes, I read this very same article with great interest (and what a goodtimi
Hi, Manaen and others interested in Freedom.
On Apr 18 2006, Manaen Schlabach wrote:
> From a recent ZDNet article
>
> http://news.com.com/2102-7344_3-6061491.html?tag=st.util.print
Yes, I read this very same article with great interest (and what a good
timing it had, considering our discuss
On Mon, Jan 07, 2002, Penguin wrote:
> In general, is it okay to buy an AGP video card for Debian Potato 2.2r4? I
> really don't want the hassle of trying to upgrade to XFree 4+ (I've tried and
> failed many times) and I'm not sure if I want woody or sid just yet.
AGP in general is fine.
> Wher
In general, is it okay to buy an AGP video card for Debian Potato 2.2r4? I
really don't want the hassle of trying to upgrade to XFree 4+ (I've tried and
failed many times) and I'm not sure if I want woody or sid just yet.
Where can I get the list of video cards that Debian Potato supports? I wil
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