[Caiman-team] [OpenIndiana Distribution - Support #970] Graphics Card ...

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Issue #970 has been updated by Alan Coopersmith.


You can't have had compiz running on a Radeon HD3200 on OpenIndiana on OI_147 LiveCD or any other version - only Intel & Nvidia drivers have been ported to the Solaris kernel to provide the necessary 3-D acceleration for compiz.    There is an open source Radeon HD driver that could be ported, but it's not simply a rebuild, but a multi-month full-time effort, to port kernel-level graphics drivers, since there's so much difference in the kernel interfaces.
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Support #970: Graphics Card ...
https://www.illumos.org/issues/970

Author: Georgios Papadopoulos
Status: Feedback
Priority: Normal
Assignee: OI Caiman
Category: Drivers
Target version: 
Tags: needs-triage


Hello,

I do know that I raise a controversial issue, regarding graphics cards, but the reason is twofold: on one hand I would like to understand why a open source driver doesn't work and on the other to make a suggestion (if I may).

My Toshiba Satellite A300D-14P laptop come with an ATi Radeon HD 3200 (I think, a "mobility radeon"). Now, the Device Utility does recognize it and in the package repositories, I can find the corresponding driver. The problem is that is doesn't work: everything is quite blur and the scrolling (say in a browser) is simply awful.  

I understand that only nVidia cards are supported, but (again, if I may) I think that OI could give a chance to those systems which have other cards.

Many thanks in advance.


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