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Re: More about ATI



On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:15:12 -0500, John wrote in message 
<[🔎] 1317399312.18587.11.camel@beast.johnwfoster.com>:

> On Fri, 2011-09-30 at 08:58 -0400, cosme@esid.gecgr.co.cu wrote: 
> > Hello
> > 
> > For more than 15 days I am engaged in my ATI to work properly but I
> > have not accomplished anything, but I'll not lost hope of making it
> > work, of course always with the help of the lists and San Google.
> > 
> > I have Debian squeeze
> > 
> > my Card
> > 
> > lspci | grep VGA
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R200 BB
> > [Radeon All in Wonder 8500DV
> > 
> > ati-drivers with driver-installer-8.38.6-x86.x86_64.run I managed to
> > install is:
> > 
> > sh ati-driver-installer-8.38.6-x86.x86_64.run - buildpkg Debian /
> > testing
> > 
> > and generates 4 packets. deb install them with dpkg-i package.deb
> > and installed fine.
> > 
> > When I run depmod-a and then reboots should get 3D acceleration but
> > does not install the modules in / etc / modules
> > 
> > With glxinfo | grep render
> > Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ": 0.0".
> > direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting
> > LIBGL_DEBUG = verbose)
> >      GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float, GLX_ATI_render_texture
> > OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R200 (R200 4242) TCL x86/MMX/SSE2
> > DRI2 20,090,101
> > 
> > I searched a lot about this but I have not accomplished anything
> > 
> > I suggest
> > 
> > Cosme
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> Have you tried installing the firmware upgrades from the proposed
> updates repository for stable. If your running other than stable I
> don't know what to tell you.
> 

..he has 2 options; pay the vendor for closed code support,
or try free advice on free code such as the radeon driver.

..to do free support, at least I wanna see logs put online 
and with urls posted here.  I wanna be able to believe this
is no Microsoft shill from Cuba.

-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.


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