Re: Radeon/Debian Nope?
On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 15:46, Dutch wrote:
>
> > So, with xfree 4.1 (which you can have), you can choose any card
> (for
> > exemple an ati one, to get prepared for xfree 4.2), you will then
> have an
> > entry for your device which will look like that :
> >
> > Section "Device"
> > Identifier "ATI Mobility Radeon"
> > Driver "ati"
> > #VideoRam 16384
> > EndSection
> >
> > then, just replace "ati" with "vesa".
>
>
> I did this exactly and nothing. flashes a bit, then give a list like
> (II) ATI: ATI driver for...
> (II) R128: Driver for ATI Rage...
> (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon...
> (--) Assigning device section with no Buis ID to primary device
> (EE) No devices detected)
>
> FAtal server error:
> no screens found
>
> I just dont know...
>
>
I had a similar problem once with a Radeon, although it wasn't Debian.
It worked OK after I told Linux not to use "framebuffer." I'm sorry I
don't recall the details, but if I remember correctly I had to edit my
bootloader config and remove the "vga=..." from the entry.
I hope this helps.
Tony
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