[02:56] <Darxus> [    19.879] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[02:56] <Darxus> [    19.880] (II) LoadModule: "radeon"
[02:56] <Darxus> I 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.
[02:57] <Darxus> Jockey says no proprietary drivers are installed.
[03:52] <bjsnider> Darxus, you're kidding me. you replaced an nvidia card with an ati card?
[03:55] <Darxus> I did.
[03:56] <Darxus> Jockey 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.
[03:58] <bjsnider> this is one of those john mcenroe-type "you cannot be serious" moments
[03:58] <bjsnider> it's like saying you replaced a ferrari with a pinto
[03:59] <bjsnider> ah, just remove nvidia-current, reboot, and enjoy
[03:59] <Darxus> I did, it didn't help.
[04:00] <Darxus> That was about when jockey thought fire gl drivers would be good.
[04:00] <Darxus> Maybe when I get a chance I'll re-install precise.
[04:02] <bjsnider> didn't help what?
[04:03] <Darxus> It'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] <Darxus> I replaced an nVidia GeForce 8800 GT with an AMD Radeon HD 6870.  Largely because I appreciate their efforts on open source drivers.
[04:10] <bjsnider> ok, well, they haven't done a document release in something like 3 years
[04:11] <bjsnider> they do employ some open source developers though
[04:11] <bjsnider> as far as i know that card isn't supported yet
[15:10] <Darxus> bjsnider: Then you're pretty well behind on how much AMD has been doing on open source drivers.
[15:13] <Darxus> This particular card was fully supported by the radeon driver in Natty.
[17:56] <bjsnider> Darxus, 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 nothing
[18:46] <JanC> bjsnider: the unused horsepower is even worse with nouveau though...   ;)
[18:46] <mlankhorst> pssh, only because it's stuck on boot speeds
[18:46] <bjsnider> i've been using low-profile type cards for awhile. nouveau is fine
[18:48] <JanC> or was, maybe (certainly was when I bought my ATI card)
[18:48] <JanC> but that's only a Radeon HD 4350...
[18:49] <JanC> and was almost 2 years ago IIRC
[19:38] <bjsnider> JanC, yeah nouveau is pretty good these days. no tearing, video playback, stable, fast etc.