Proprietory Catalyst On Old Laptop

HenryJia · 2013-12-10 21:25:11

Hi guys,

Well I'm trying to run Arch on a old T60 with ATI X1300/X1400 graphics and aI want to use the legacy proprietory. I looked in the wiki and I could not find the legacy catalyst for it. The oldest I could find was the hd234x or something. So can someone tell me where I can download + install it and how I can down grade the xorg server to support it

HenryJia · 2013-12-10 22:04:40

By the way I think the latest Catalyst for my laptop is catalyst 9

clfarron4 · 2013-12-10 22:16:30

I would use the Open Source xf86-video-ati driver if I were you since there is complete support for the card according to the Arch Wiki.

HenryJia · 2013-12-13 17:19:23

clfarron4 wrote:

I would use the Open Source xf86-video-ati driver if I were you since there is complete support for the card according to the Arch Wiki.

OK, but which is better, Proprietory Catayst 9 or opensourced?

clfarron4 · 2013-12-13 20:14:16

HenryJia wrote:

clfarron4 wrote:
I would use the Open Source xf86-video-ati driver if I were you since there is complete support for the card according to the Arch Wiki.
OK, but which is better, Proprietory Catayst 9 or opensourced?

These days, I would say the Open Source driver since it is in active development, easy to find and you have people to report problems to if things go wrong.

HenryJia · 2013-12-14 12:31:07

OK, thanks, I'll stick with open sourced then

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Proprietory Catalyst On Old Laptop

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