Roelof van der Kleij wrote: > As a follow up for SL 5.1: > I have an optiplex 755/2Gb/Ati radeonpci-e / latest bios (A04) > > I get a number of 'PCI: Cannot allocate resource region x' > error messages. The system is slow. X works, but I cannot get the > accelerated proprietary ATI driver to work. > Network does work out of the box. I have not tested sound. > > I have seen some similar problems with centos. All in all this rig does > not seem to work with SL. The wait is for a new kernel or maybe a new bios. > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=100658 > > IMHO the underlaying problem is that the RHEL philosophy of backporting > newer kernel features to an older kernel version cannot keep up with the > current frantic pace of hardware development. Maybe fedora is the way to > go for desktops? It might be. Fedora has newer technology; if you're developing software to deploy to next RHEL, that makes sense. OTOH it's higher maintenance. It will fail more often - new technology has its risks, you need to upgrade more often to remain on supported releases and your users will spend more time learning their new desktops. -- Cheers John -- spambait [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-)