John Summerfield wrote:
> Michael Hannon wrote:
>> Greetings.  We just installed Scientific Linux 5.0 on a Dell Optiplex
>> 745 belonging to one of the professors here.  On the whole, the system
>> works just fine, but we've got one small, annoying glitch with the
>> video, and I'm seeking advice about it.  Note that we've installed the 
>> 32-bit version of SL, on the theory that there would be better 
>> drivers, etc., for this version (and this is the prof's desktop 
>> system, not a number cruncher).
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> There's an AMD chap hangs out on the Nahant (RHEL4) list. I don't know
> whether he's on the RHEL5 list too.
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> I suppose one could ask for experiences on one or both of those lists 
> and hope he bites.
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> RHEL is very important to AMD (they use lots of licences of it) and I 
> speculate they'd be interested in having it work well with ATI graphics, 
> not that AMD has bought ATI.
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> I personally don't often buy new kit; by the time it's od enough to come 
> my way, those issues are properly sorted out:-)
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> One thing I didn't notice you mentioned: why are the standard Linux 
> drivers inadequate?

Thanks, John.  We get the same behavior with the standard drivers. 
(This could simply mean that we're making the same mistake with both 
drivers, of course.)

					- Mike
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