Hardware4Linux

Overall rating: 4.0 x 6

By Linux distribution:

• Ubuntu 7.10 i386: 4.0 x 2
• Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 GenuineIntel: 4.0 x 2
• Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.10 GenuineIntel: 4.0 x 2

Working video cards in 2D on Arch Linux Duke GenuineIntel (kernel: 2.6.22-ARCH) by atlas95 (0):

install fglrx

Working video cards in 3D on Arch Linux Duke GenuineIntel (kernel: 2.6.22-ARCH) by atlas95 (0):

install fglrx

Working video cards in 3D on Ubuntu 7.10 i386 (kernel: 2.6.22-14-generic) by draco (3):

you still need the restricted drivers for this to work properly under ubuntu. low resolution from the fresh install. no info on video playback in fullscreen

Working video cards in 3D on Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.10 GenuineIntel (kernel: 2.6.23.9) by sasco (3):

Works with fglrx drivers.
But when I decided to improve the perfomance of 3D operations and work with 3D applications and effects in KDE (transparency effect etc), the solution was to install latest ATI drivers:
x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.42.3.
Now I use ati-drivers-8.433

• HP Compaq nx9420 (RH442ET#ABF)
• 309F
• HP Compaq nx9420 (ES446EA#ACB)
• HP Compaq nx9420 (RH457EA#ABN)

• fglrx_pci