Some time ago I tried 3 (or maybe 4) times, all separate occasions, to get my X1550 graphics card working with Linux... it was a nightmare. I completely disabled my onboard video for a week on one occasion, heh. I completely recompiled X on one of my attempts too... a lot of it was over my head, not fun, and in general a terrible experience. I managed to reinstall xorg via my package manager (pacman, I'm using Arch Linux) and reassociate everything again - mostly. I have some unassociated files in my filesystem such as 'Xephyr' and 'Xvesa' (I know what they are, but don't use them :P).
So I don't want to repeat that again.
But I do want to know if the X1550 works with Linux now? I don't really mind what driver I end up using, as long as I keep the features of my current Intel integrated video that would apply to the X1550 as well, such as:
- If X is running, it won't randomly crash if it feels like it
- If the chipset encounters something it can't handle (eg, OpenGL), it just slows the PC down by humongous proportions until I fix it, instead of dying and taking X with it
So, notwithstanding random issues that might need fixing, should I expect a fight without doing much else beyond simply installing an appropriate driver and reconfiguring xorg.conf? I'm fine with waiting, but I don't want any more nightmares.
Thanks in advance.
-dav7
So I don't want to repeat that again.
But I do want to know if the X1550 works with Linux now? I don't really mind what driver I end up using, as long as I keep the features of my current Intel integrated video that would apply to the X1550 as well, such as:
- If X is running, it won't randomly crash if it feels like it
- If the chipset encounters something it can't handle (eg, OpenGL), it just slows the PC down by humongous proportions until I fix it, instead of dying and taking X with it
So, notwithstanding random issues that might need fixing, should I expect a fight without doing much else beyond simply installing an appropriate driver and reconfiguring xorg.conf? I'm fine with waiting, but I don't want any more nightmares.
Thanks in advance.
-dav7
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