Re: [gNewSense-users] free video cards

[Sam Geeraerts]

Plamen Stoev schreef:
> As far as I know, there is no 2d or 3d support with linux-libre, due to
> missing firmware. The radeon driver itself is free, but without the
> firmware is useless (even for 2d, I think, at least in my machine,
> which has a Radeon 9250  (R200) I don't have neither 2d, nor 3d). So, if
> you want a video card which uses only free software you are left with
> only one option - Intel videocards. I don't know what's the case with
> the Nouveau driver, I'm not sure if it requires non-free firmware too. 

That's also what I heard about ATI. Blob-free 2D might be possible for 
some cards. Nouveau people were working on getting rid of the last piece 
of blob. I don't know what the status is of that. It requires a newer 
version of X.org than what is in deltah anyway. 2D should work with the 
nv driver, which is arguably free. Most Intel chips work with a free 
driver. See also [1], [2].

[1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnewsense-users/2010-01/msg00045.html
[2] http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Hardware/Freest#Graphic_cards