To get 3D graphics acceleration on ATI Radeon X1xxx series graphics cards, ATI’s proprietary driver must be installed. Ideally, it should be a simple exercise: download the driver from ATI and follow their installation instructions. However, using the automated installer, … Continue reading →

Today, I replaced my Lacie 19″ CRT with an awesome Dell 2407 WFP LCD widescreen connected via DVI to a GeForce4 MX graphics card. After booting, everything was fine until I reached the xdm login screen. Somehow the display was … Continue reading →

As reported in the original post about my installation of OpenSUSE, my Canon iP4200 winprinter was detected during the initial install. When I tried to print, though, nothing happened, as I had suspected.After a bit of googling, I found a … Continue reading →

Slick! — that is the best word I can find to describe the installation procedure in OpenSUSE 10.1. Today, almost all desktop Linux distributions have a graphical installer which hides most of the gory details of installing an operating system. … Continue reading →