BeDrivers.com http://bedrivers.com BeOS/Haiku/Zeta Drivers Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:40:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Wireless driver in need of testers http://bedrivers.com/2009/09/14/wireless-driver-in-need-of-testers/ http://bedrivers.com/2009/09/14/wireless-driver-in-need-of-testers/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:40:05 +0000 Scott Mc http://bedrivers.com/?p=63 Colin Günther, the developer working on the wireless support for Haiku has put out this call for testers:

In time with Haiku’s first alpha release I’m looking for people willing to put some time into testing the WLAN-Stack. So, if you are interested read on…
First of all: Only +atheros based WLAN+ cards are supported at the moment. So most netbooks are covered by that. A comprehensive list of supported devices is maintained by the FreeBSD project.
What to expect of the WLAN-Stack:
auto connect to an unsecured (open) WLAN
wlan device will appear as an ethernet card
full support of Haiku’s network configuration utilities (Network preflet, ifconfig)
no WLAN specific configuration utility (neither GUI, nor CLI)
no listing of available WLANs
For more information visit the “haiku-wifi wiki”.

]]> http://bedrivers.com/2009/09/14/wireless-driver-in-need-of-testers/feed/ Haiku R1 Alpha1 released http://bedrivers.com/2009/09/13/haiku-r1-alpha1-released/ http://bedrivers.com/2009/09/13/haiku-r1-alpha1-released/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:12:02 +0000 Scott Mc http://bedrivers.com/?p=62 Haiku has now released R1 Alpha1, which is their first release. There’s still much work to be done on the way to Haiku R1, among which is better hardware support. There’s still work being done on ATA and the HDA audio driver, along with continuing work on OSS. Also there is a project to get wireless networking support, which is making progress. So a lot is going on with Haiku. If you haven’t tried it, or haven’t tried it recently, get a copy and give it a test out. If you find any issues be sure to read the Welcome info and provide feedback.

]]> http://bedrivers.com/2009/09/13/haiku-r1-alpha1-released/feed/ More video cards added to the nVidia driver http://bedrivers.com/2007/10/09/more-video-cards-added-to-the-nvidia-driver/ http://bedrivers.com/2007/10/09/more-video-cards-added-to-the-nvidia-driver/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:40:01 +0000 Scott Mc http://bedrivers.com/2007/10/09/more-video-cards-added-to-the-nvidia-driver/ As of Haiku build r22497, Rudolf has now added support for 24 more nVidia based cards.He says he’ll also be updating the accelerant soon. Nice to see updates for this one. Nice work Rudolf. If you have one of the newly added cards, as always head on over and grab the latest Haiku build and provide your feedback.

]]> http://bedrivers.com/2007/10/09/more-video-cards-added-to-the-nvidia-driver/feed/ Haiku gets AHCI SATA http://bedrivers.com/2007/10/02/haiku-gets-ahci-sata/ http://bedrivers.com/2007/10/02/haiku-gets-ahci-sata/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:35:24 +0000 Scott Mc http://bedrivers.com/2007/10/02/haiku-gets-ahci-sata/ Marcus Overhagen has been busy working on SATA support for Haiku. He has now checked in the code and SATA should now be functional. Well that’s the theory. They still need to have it checked out on real hardware, so if you have a computer with SATA give it a try out.

]]> http://bedrivers.com/2007/10/02/haiku-gets-ahci-sata/feed/ Another new audio driver in the works http://bedrivers.com/2007/10/01/another-new-audio-driver-in-the-works/ http://bedrivers.com/2007/10/01/another-new-audio-driver-in-the-works/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:33:41 +0000 Scott Mc http://bedrivers.com/2007/10/01/another-new-audio-driver-in-the-works/ Seems our old friend Jerome Leveque has been busy again. This time he’s working on drivers for the ICEnsemble 1712, which powers the M-Audio Audiophile2496, among others. If you have any of the devices on the list, or if your sound card uses the ICEnsemble then be sure to download this driver and give it some testing and provide some feedback on your experiences with the driver.

]]> http://bedrivers.com/2007/10/01/another-new-audio-driver-in-the-works/feed/ AMD opens Radeon GPUs to open source development http://bedrivers.com/2007/09/08/amd-opens-radeon-gpus-to-open-source-development/ http://bedrivers.com/2007/09/08/amd-opens-radeon-gpus-to-open-source-development/#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:55:33 +0000 Scott Mc http://bedrivers.com/2007/09/08/amd-opens-radeon-gpus-to-open-source-development/ According to Christopher Blizzard, AMD is making the commitment to do two major things:
* To develop a fully functional 2D and 3D driver that supports all of their newer radeon chipsets for Linux. This will be done in full collaboration with the open source community and will have the direct participation of hackers from companies like Red Hat and Novell.
* To release documentation that anyone can use to build and support drivers for their chips.

Should be more information coming in the next week, hopefully this will lead to Haiku getting 3D support on the ATI driver.

]]> http://bedrivers.com/2007/09/08/amd-opens-radeon-gpus-to-open-source-development/feed/ Audio Drivers in the Works http://bedrivers.com/2007/08/18/audio-drivers-in-the-works/ http://bedrivers.com/2007/08/18/audio-drivers-in-the-works/#comments Sun, 19 Aug 2007 04:58:24 +0000 Scott Mc http://bedrivers.com/2007/08/18/audio-drivers-in-the-works/ There are a couple of Audio Drivers in the works for Haiku of note, first is one by Ithamar Adema for HDA (High Definition Audio) standard for audio hardware. Read the buzz over on LeBuzz

Another major audio driver is in the works by François Revol is OSS. This is a huge one, in that if/when it’s working it will bring audio support for many sound devices. Read more about it over on LeBuzz.
http://www.xanga.com/lebuzz/601706432/

]]> http://bedrivers.com/2007/08/18/audio-drivers-in-the-works/feed/ We’re Back! http://bedrivers.com/2007/08/18/we%e2%80%99re-back/ http://bedrivers.com/2007/08/18/we%e2%80%99re-back/#comments Sun, 19 Aug 2007 04:57:40 +0000 Scott Mc http://bedrivers.com/2007/08/18/we%e2%80%99re-back/ It’s been a few months, but BeDrivers.com is now back up and running. We’ll be adding more content to the site in the days and weeks to come. The matrix still needs work, hopefully we’ll get that back up and running as well. Forum seems to be working. Let us know if you have any troubles with it.

]]> http://bedrivers.com/2007/08/18/we%e2%80%99re-back/feed/ BeDrivers gets Hacked, moves Host http://bedrivers.com/2007/03/14/bedrivers-hacked/ http://bedrivers.com/2007/03/14/bedrivers-hacked/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:45:26 +0000 Sikosis Yes, unfortunately that dreaded time fell upon BeDrivers, where we got hacked and a lot of the site was compromised.

Anyway, we’re making lemonade out of lemons here, so greetings and welcome to the new BeDrivers site for 2007. We’ll be doing our best to get all our services (and more) back online as soon as possible.

Cheers

Site Admins - Sikosis / Scott Mc

]]> http://bedrivers.com/2007/03/14/bedrivers-hacked/feed/ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year http://bedrivers.com/2006/12/25/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year/ http://bedrivers.com/2006/12/25/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Sikosis Merry Christmas from BeDrivers.com - Have a Happy Haiku New Year !

2006 has been an interesting year for Haiku. It has certainly overcome quite a few milestones, one only needs look at the WalterCon videos to see that.

With that in mind, 2007 is going to be bigger and better, so stay tuned at BeDrivers for your latest BeOS, Haiku and Zeta drivers.

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