Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1
I had to ftp to the Xfree site and download 4.2 for my Rage 128 agp
card. Have not had a problem with it at all. let me know if you want my
config.
Larry
On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 12:58, Michael Jinks wrote:
> A group of my users have bought a big batch of Dell desktops with what
> appears to be an ATI chipset soldered to the motherboard for video.
>
> My usual process for getting acquainted with new hardware is to start by
> installing RedHat, archive /etc, install Debian, and then crib from the
> RedHat /etc for those bits of hardware that Debian doesn't autodetect.
> In the present case, RedHat puts this line in XF86Config-4 in the
> "Device" section:
>
> Driver "r128"
>
> ...but that fails under Debian unless I change it to:
>
> Driver "vesa"
>
> ...but the graphics are pretty crummy, so I was hoping to give the ATI
> driver a try. (On a lark I also tried 'Driver "ati"' but that also
> failed.)
>
> >From a web search and a look through apt-cache, it seems that with the
> 4.x series, individual drivers are no longer packaged separately from
> the pain xserver distribution. So does this mean that ATI-specific
> support isn't provided in Debian's build of XFree? Anybody have any
> hints for what I can do?
>
> TIA,
> -mrj
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