[PD] pd on gericom masterpiece 2440

[Andre Schmidt]

so,

would a nvidia card be better/safer choice for a linux-notebook?

i was also thinking on one of those toshiba satellites with gforce4...
but the design of gericoms masterpiece is much cooler...
(i just love those round edges :)

cheers
-andre



On Saturday 08 March 2003 19:03, pix wrote:
> I've seen one tiny report (a 2 line email on a forum) saying that the
> binary linux drivers released by ATI work with the mobility version of the
> Radeon 9000 (even tho the site suggests that the drivers are not for the
> 'mobility').
>
> Alternatively I think AcceleratedX has support for the ATI cards, but you
> have to pay for their server (but you can atleast download a time-limited
> demo first to see if it's worth the money).
>
> sorry for the lack of links, if you have trouble finding this stuff
> yourself, email me and i'll track the sites down again.
>
> by the way, check the weight of the gericom. the last time i came in
> contact with a modern gericom i almost tore a muscle ;)
>
> pix.
>
> On Sat, 8 Mar 2003 17:47:17 +0100
>
> Andre Schmidt <andre at vju-tv.net> wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > i'm about to buy my very first notebook :) and saw this on media-markt
> > (germany)
> >
> > http://shop.mediamarkt.de/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?produc
> >tId=16005&catalogId=5000&langId=-3&storeId=5000&categoryId=10001
> >
> > it's a GERICOM Masterpiece 2440
> > - P4 2,4GHz
> > - 512MB
> > - ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, 64MB
> > - etc...
> >
> > my only worry is that does linux (i prefer suse) and PD+GEM work on this
> >
> > machine. specially that ATI chip. on my desktop with geforce2mx440 i
> > didn't get the 3D drivers from nvidia to work :(...audio ist mir wurst,
> > because i will buy an usb/firewire audio interface later...
> >
> > so, if any1 has/heard this machine with linux+pd+gem, let me know...
> > i will be buying it tomorrow, a special sonday here in frankfurt, the
> > shops are open form 13 to 18 :))))
> >
> > cheers
> > -andre
> > ps. i'm pretty sure that pd+gem will work on windows with this machine,
> > but i WANT linux...
> >
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