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Bug #374752
Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 374752

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wesleybruce (wesleybruce) wrote on 2009-05-16: Re: [Bug 374752] Re: ember does not launch, may not have been built properly

Ok tried extremetuxracer. You guys have a serious penguin fixation. :-D
The graphics works and looks ok. There are problems with the game
controls and it hangs occasionally when I crash the penguin into things.
The music and video continues running but the controls stop working and
even Esc has no effect. However I can't see how the graphics card etc
matters there.
Ati says its moved its linux drivers for my graphic card to 'legacy
drivers' where's that? Is is a place or the junk yard. I could not find
a link marked 'legacy drivers'.

If I need a new graphic card what do you suggest? Are you allowed to
recommend hardware? What fits SELinux, Fedora 10 and will work on fedora
11 and world forge?

How do I create an additional repository is that a folder?

On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 21:02 +0000, Alexey Torkhov wrote:
> Okay. The default driver in Fedora is free, open-source one. It may have
> bad performance for 3D graphics.
>
> I'm suggesting you to check how 3D is working for you now in other
> programs. Check extremetuxracer, for instance.
>
> To install proprietary ATI you will need to setup additional repository that carries stuff that cannot be supplied with main Fedora called RPM Fusion. After that driver will be available in package manager as xorg-x11-drv-fglrx.
> But beware that situation with this driver is far-far from perfect. Also it won't support your card in next versions that will be in Fedora-11. So, may be, better to stick with open-source driver for now.
> I'll try to investigate what was causing the original crash with it.
>
> > I really don't understand the stuff in the box. lol I hope its a
> > computer.
>
> It means that SELinux prevents execution for some reason :)
> You may temporarily disable SELinux by putting it in permissive mode with GUI config tool in System->Administration->SELinux Management (in Gnome).
> There most probably will be another problem, but I'll handle you with it to Erik :)
>
> > Sorry to be a pest. I'm probably trying to win a drag race with a peddle
> > car. ;-)
>
> Not at all. You're very appreciated for bug report.
>
> ** Also affects: fedora
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - ember does not launch, may not have been built properly
> + Ember crashes with open-source radeon driver
>

Ok tried extremetuxracer. You guys have a serious penguin fixation. :-D
The graphics works and looks ok. There are problems with the game
controls and it hangs occasionally when I crash the penguin into things.
The music and video continues running but the controls stop working and
even Esc has no effect. However I can't see how the graphics card etc
matters there. 
Ati says its moved its linux drivers for my graphic card to 'legacy
drivers' where's that? Is is a place or the junk yard. I could not find
a link marked 'legacy drivers'.

If I need a new graphic card what do you suggest? Are you allowed to
recommend hardware? What fits SELinux, Fedora 10 and will work on fedora
11 and world forge?

How do I create an additional repository is that a folder?

On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 21:02 +0000, Alexey Torkhov wrote:
> Okay. The default driver in Fedora is free, open-source one. It may have
> bad performance for 3D graphics.
> 
> I'm suggesting you to check how 3D is working for you now in other
> programs. Check extremetuxracer, for instance.
> 
> To install proprietary ATI you will need to setup additional repository that carries stuff that cannot be supplied with main Fedora called RPM Fusion. After that driver will be available in package manager as xorg-x11-drv-fglrx.
> But beware that situation with this driver is far-far from perfect. Also it won't support your card in next versions that will be in Fedora-11. So, may be, better to stick with open-source driver for now.
> I'll try to investigate what was causing the original crash with it.
> 
> > I really don't understand the stuff in the box. lol I hope its a
> > computer.
> 
> It means that SELinux prevents execution for some reason :)
> You may temporarily disable SELinux by putting it in permissive mode with GUI config tool in System->Administration->SELinux Management (in Gnome).
> There most probably will be another problem, but I'll handle you with it to Erik :)
> 
> > Sorry to be a pest. I'm probably trying to win a drag race with a peddle
> > car. ;-)
> 
> Not at all. You're very appreciated for bug report.
> 
> ** Also affects: fedora
>    Importance: Undecided
>        Status: New
> 
> ** Summary changed:
> 
> - ember does not launch, may not have been built properly
> + Ember crashes with open-source radeon driver
>