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Darxus[    19.879] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"02:56
Darxus[    19.880] (II) LoadModule: "radeon"02:56
DarxusI replaced my nvidia card with a radeon.  Removing /etc/X11/xorg.conf got it to boot, but it's still being dumb at me.  How do I fix it?  This is Precise.02:56
DarxusJockey says no proprietary drivers are installed.02:57
bjsniderDarxus, you're kidding me. you replaced an nvidia card with an ati card?03:52
DarxusI did.03:55
DarxusJockey ended up deciding to install fire gl drivers.  Fortunately things are sane in my main install, oneric.  I have no idea what's going on with the drivers in precise.03:56
bjsniderthis is one of those john mcenroe-type "you cannot be serious" moments03:58
bjsniderit's like saying you replaced a ferrari with a pinto03:58
bjsniderah, just remove nvidia-current, reboot, and enjoy03:59
DarxusI did, it didn't help.03:59
DarxusThat was about when jockey thought fire gl drivers would be good.04:00
DarxusMaybe when I get a chance I'll re-install precise.04:00
bjsniderdidn't help what?04:02
DarxusIt's still either not successfully booting, gerally with the normal boot option, or when I do the recovery boot it's saying the card is not dri capable or something, and supertuxkart is extremely slow.04:03
DarxusI replaced an nVidia GeForce 8800 GT with an AMD Radeon HD 6870.  Largely because I appreciate their efforts on open source drivers.04:03
bjsniderok, well, they haven't done a document release in something like 3 years04:10
bjsniderthey do employ some open source developers though04:11
bjsnideras far as i know that card isn't supported yet04:11
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Darxusbjsnider: Then you're pretty well behind on how much AMD has been doing on open source drivers.15:10
DarxusThis particular card was fully supported by the radeon driver in Natty.15:13
bjsniderDarxus, if you don't need it for gaming the radeon driver is fine. but int hat case you've got a lot of horsepower for nothing17:56
JanCbjsnider: the unused horsepower is even worse with nouveau though...   ;)18:46
mlankhorstpssh, only because it's stuck on boot speeds18:46
bjsnideri've been using low-profile type cards for awhile. nouveau is fine18:46
JanCor was, maybe (certainly was when I bought my ATI card)18:48
JanCbut that's only a Radeon HD 4350...18:48
JanCand was almost 2 years ago IIRC18:49
bjsniderJanC, yeah nouveau is pretty good these days. no tearing, video playback, stable, fast etc.19:38

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