Re: ati radeon 9700M and X

[Tim Taubert <ttmails@gmx.de>]

mh.. that's something to think about...

you are using cedega? does this mean you are able to run any 3d game? 
this is exactly what i want to do.. just for work i can use the vesa 
driver..
i'm now trying for days to get counter strike running.. with the driver 
i could look into the menu.. without the driver not even that.. cedega 
doesn't run.. wine does.. (cedega runs but doesn't show cs).. i think 
this doesn't belong to this mailing list.. it was just another 
interesting aspect :)

how can i use the provided driver?
i'm sure i can select it at the installtion process, can't i? ... i 
crashed my whole system with this damn ati stuff.. dpkg is not working 
anymore.. ext2 gave up :) i have to re-install the system.. by the way.. 
is ext3 at any better than ext2?

thanks!
Tim Taubert

Anders Breindahl wrote:

> I would suggest you to urge ATI to release a driver under the GPL. 
>
> Regarding your current issue, I won't and can't help you. I have the same 
> problem, but I refuse to install anything binary-only, and I urge you to do 
> the same. 
>
> I am using the provided "ati" driver in XFree. I have no issues with this at 
> all, and I even have limited 3d-support. (Ran Frozen Throne in cedega once, 
> before I realized the importance of refusing binary-only software). 
>
> Regards, Anders Breindahl. 
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------- 
> From: Tim Taubert <ttmails@gmx.de> 
> To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org 
> Sent: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 23:23:38 +0200 
> Subject: ati radeon 9700M and X 
>
>  
>
> > i have a problem.. in order to get 3d acceleration on linux laptop  
> > working i downloaded to newest driver from ati.com.. for xfree 4.3.0... 
> > driver version is 3.11.1 
> >
> > i followed the instructions of several how-tos and the driver loads  
> > and when i start kdm and log in it all works... i don't know if 3d  
> > acceleration works.. i think so? at least fglrxinfo said that the  
> > renderer is the radeon card... 
> >
> > the problem is that when i want to switch to console the system  
> > hangs and some stripes are visible... the same problem when i want  
> > to logout.. it even hangs when i want to switch to console when i'm  
> > not logged into kde.. the whole system crashed.. every time i tried  
> > and there's no way to shutdown correctly.. not even via ssh server..  
> > the system freezed completely.. 
> >
> > are there any settings to be made in /etc/X11/XFree86-4? 
> > and don't ask me for any logs... i looked into the xfree, kdm and  
> > xserver log.. the crash is not logged anywhere.. 
> >
> > i hope anybody can help me! 
> > thanks in advance! 
> >
> > Tim Taubert 
> >
> > (ps: excuse my language :) 
> >
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