[SLUG] How do I tell if Linux supports my intended graphics card?

[Ian Eade]

John

Graphics support for Linux has never been strong as there is relatively
little need, most people play games on Windows boxes etc. Even a
mediocre card and a standard install will provide most graphics needs,
but if you want to get a good card and get it set up as intended then
you're options are a bit limited.

I have a NVidia GeForce FX 5200 (on Mandrake 9.2) which is a few models
old but can handle anything you throw at it. For linux you can get an
RPM which takes care of installing the drivers, you may need to
recompile the kernel but its civilised and widely available.

Suffice to say that linux can run graphics far better than windows and I
have more graphics capability on linux than I'll ever need.

Ian




-----Original Message-----
From: scarborough-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:scarborough-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of
john at johnallsopp.co.uk
Sent: 10 August 2005 11:34
To: Scarborough Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [SLUG] How do I tell if Linux supports my intended graphics
card?

> john at johnallsopp.co.uk wrote:
>
>>So. How do I tell whether this card has a fully supportive Linux
>>driver or not?
>>
> Just looked at the link model and it's an ATI chipset - X800 no less,
> wow, do you really need all that 3D umph?

I've no idea. What appeals is that it has no fan. What I do need,
however, is to process video, so I'm assuming, quite possibly wrongly,
that I want a half-decent graphics card. Certainly I seem to need
composite video in.

J

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