I want XFree86!

thisisnotdave · 02-13-2003, 05:44 PM

Does anyone know when 4.3.0 will be release, i have a radeon 8500le that refuses to run no matter how hard i try, i mean i am a

and all but still...

Slack_Master · 02-13-2003, 05:55 PM

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Originally posted by thisisnotdave
Does anyone know when 4.3.0 will be release, i have a radeon 8500le that refuses to run no matter how hard i try, i mean i am a and all but still...

I don't mean to sound dumb, but did you try playing around using other cards?

I did just that in an old box where my chipset wasn't listed. Found something similar, and it worked just great.

trickykid · 02-13-2003, 05:57 PM

No one will know most likely. Have you checked www.xfree86.org ? We won't know until they either announce it or release it.

thisisnotdave · 02-13-2003, 10:38 PM

well, i mean a new card costs money, that i dont really have, i feel bad, this frigging card cost me like $200 and its not even a year old. Its not even really that outdated yet...

Slack_Master · 02-13-2003, 10:43 PM

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Originally posted by thisisnotdave
well, i mean a new card costs money, that i dont really have, i feel bad, this frigging card cost me like $200 and its not even a year old. Its not even really that outdated yet...

Play around using other cards that are in the Xfree86 database...something's got to work resonably well. I found one that did, and really, you don't have anything to lose by it. It'll just take some futzing around.

nakkaya · 02-14-2003, 01:20 AM

btw i got a friend who has ati 8500LE is working fine under redhat mandy and few other

arnold · 02-14-2003, 08:20 AM

have we lost all faith in google?

I enterered
XFree86 radeon 8500 linux

and
http://www.ati.com/support/products/...uxdrivers.html

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