[CoLoCo] Video Drivers Clarification

[Alex Comer]

How can I find out if this will support my Radeon 7200 ?
Is there an authoritative source of information about this ?
Alex

On 10/26/07, David Overcash <funnylookinhat at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Heads up guys...
>
> The newest ATI Driver from AMD now supports AIGLX and works FANTASTIC with
> compiz!  It will not be in the official gutsy repositories, but you should
> definitely consider looking for a repo to upgrade with.
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
> On 10/26/07, Dave Vanderploeg <dave.vanderploeg at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Well, the FOSS driver runs compiz, but not very well. Is there anyone
> > here who's good at setting up ATI cards for Compiz, or does it make sense to
> > just buy an Nvidia card?
> >
> > Dave.
> >
> > On 10/26/07, Ryan Maki <ryan.maki at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Yep, the radeon driver will disable the Composite extension in
> > > xorg.conf. You'll have to do some config hacking to get XGL working,
> > > and I never had a good experience with compiz and XGL. If you like eye
> > > candy and it's running fine, you should just leave the FOSS driver,
> > > IMHO.
> > >
> > > ~Ryan
> > >
> > > On Oct 26, 2007, at 3:11 PM, "Dave Vanderploeg" <dave.vanderploeg at gmail.com
> > >
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > So I just want to make sure my understanding is correct. I just did
> > > > a fresh install of Gutsy, and Compiz is working. If I install the
> > > > ATI drivers trough the "Restricted Driver Manager" I'll lose Compiz,
> > > > right?
> > > >
> > > > Dave.
> > > >
> > > > (FYI, if it matters my video card is a 9600xt)
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