VIA Chrome9 Beta Driver Released! WOOT!

[starcannon]

Holy Cow Batman! Could it be?
VIA is releasing compiz capable drivers?
Check it out here http://linux.via.com.tw/support/downloadFiles.action
INCREDIBLE!!!

I'm totally blown away, VIA finally after 10 years of saying they are OSS friendly has stepped to the plate, we even get our own via linux portal and everything!
NICE!!! WOOHOO!!!

[vvvladut]

Thanks for posting this, but do you know how to install these?

Thanks!

[vvvladut]

Thanks for letting us know about this, but do you know how to install these?

Thanks!

EDIT: Sorry for the double post, how do I delete one of them?

[DrPhuzzichtkeit]

Superthanks for letting us know!!

[DrPhuzzichtkeit]

Installation instructions inside the tar.gz file on the page.

[vvvladut]

Thanks, worked just fine!

[Eindar]

you think that with that i will be able to use desktop effects and run Compize on my Via VN800 on Ubuntu 7.10 ?
or if i upgrade to Hardy lts, would i be able to install the drivers?

[Eindar]

no ideas guys?
i need some help...

[vvvladut]

I did install the drivers on Kubuntu Hardy (KDE 3.5) and the installation worked fine. I rebooted and I was able to see that I have 3D acceleration enabled when I ran "glxinfo | grep render". However...none of my 3D games seem to have acceleration enabled and Google Earth doesn't show anything, probably because of the same thing.

So can anyone tell me if the driver actually enables 3D capabilities, and if so, what do I have to do?

[Eindar]

but i need to know if it makes possible to use Compiz and all the Desktop Effetcs with a VIA VN800 card