ATI GNU/Linux driver support for Mobility Radeon

[iamroot 0]

Does the ATI GNU/Linux driver support Mobility Radeons? Cos i'm buying a laptop soon and i don't want to spend money on a good graphic card only to find out that there aren't any drivers for it.

[danleff 0]

You will have to look at what specific video card is in the laptop and compare the support for it here, as well as here.

[martouf 0]

You could test the laptop by booting a SimplyMEPIS disc,

or find the display adapter name in the XFree 4.x column of this list:

http://www.linux.com/howtos/Hardware-HOWTO/video.shtml