Sean Houlihane

http://www.amd.com/us/LinuxCrewSurvey Following my ongoing inability to use an integrated graphics 790GX motherboard with myth, I found this survey linked in the release notes for fglrx 9.7 (which I haven’t tried, but the pre-release version seemed a small improvement) Cutting edge (beta) drivers may be posted here: https://edge.launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa Latest update was this morning.

On first glance, an AM2+/AM3 motherboard using 780GX or 790GX integrated graphics would make a great HTPC, particularly with a reasonably low power CPU. The big problem with this strategy is the driver situation. Whilst there exists an open source driver, it is limited in it’s use of acceleration – particularly for 3D. The proprietary [...]

Hmm… After my parcel arrived from Scan, I started to assemble my new PC. Everything seemed to go well, until I plugged it in. Blank Screen. The POST led indicated that everything was normal, booted OK. I try sapping the DVI/HDMI selector (this motherboard can only support a singe connector at a time). No Joy. [...]