ATI Mobility X1400

[Mike Emmel]

On 5/26/06, Sebastian Bergmann <sb at sebastian-bergmann.de> wrote:
> Alan Cox wrote:
> > It isn't supported by any of the open source drivers and that doesn't
> > seem likely to change. It would probably be best to buy a laptop with
> > a different, supported chipset (and also to tell IBM they lost a sale
> > so they will pressure ATI to help)
>
>  Although I would prefer a graphics chip that is supported fully by an
>  open source driver I am pragmatic enough to use a binary-only driver if
>  need be.
>
>  If I cannot find out whether or the binary driver provided by ATI
>  supports the features I need (apparently the ATI customer support cannot
>  answer my question, too) I will most likely buy a ThinkPad with an
>  Intel 945GM graphics chip. This chip appears to be the best supported
>  one by open source drivers AFAIK.
>
>  Anyways, thank you for your time and bearing with me,
> Sebastian
>
I think you will find that if you have a choice using a fully
supported open source driver
is a better option. To answer you question a different way is there a
list somewhere
that describes the state of the opensource drivers for various chipsets ?
And in this case a simple review to pick the best supported chipset
esp for laptops
would help a lot of people.

Now given that list if it exists somewhere I think it will help you a
lot in your choices.

This is pretty close.

http://www.linux.org/hardware/laptop.html

Mike


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