Red Hat 9 running with mixed results and mixed feelings.

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Well I have it up and running on 2 systems and have mixed feelings to say the least.  Hardware that is directly supported mostly works with no hitches. Hardware that isn't directly supported in the kernal is a mess:-( Also the Radeon support certainly seems sub-par.

I'll tinker with her for a while. I need to see if I can get my All In Wonder going, and see how difficult it is to lern the fine art of rolling your own kernal to be able to use certain hardware.

I have also tried Knoppix, and it is *CUTE*, but only just that.. CUTE. I am being told to go SuSe by a few people, may try that.. Hmm.. Gotta try out that Pexlin on the Peggy, that's gotta work right out of the box i think..

Wee, Amigas are much easier..

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@Dammy

I'll probably try Fedora on your recomendation, I am on a crash course in Linux all of a sudden:-)

Bodie wrote:
What exactly is the problem with your card? Is it a 3d issue? A display issue? Also, what is the precise model of the ATI card? It could be a simple config issue. :-)

Well first off I had a Radeon All In Wonder VE PCI installed. Setup had determined it was a 7500, and that was the closest driver it had so I tried it. No luck, it booted with no picture at all. After that I installed a Radeon 8500LE AGP. It detected properly and works, but the picture quality in 2D is poor to say the least and it flickers like hell.

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If you're going to use something like Linux, unfortunately you have to spend time learning to use it so you can fix it when things go wrong, instead of resorting to reinstalls and things - if you're going to be doing that you might as well use Windows.

Don't misread me, I will learn what makes it tick in due time, but certainly it's learning curve is not one that will be concured overnight :-o