Re: ati radeon 9700M and X
On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 23:23 +0200, Tim Taubert wrote:
> 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
There are packaged drivers, see
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/flavio.stanchina/debian/fglrx-installer.html#prebuilt
> the problem is that when i want to switch to console the system hangs
> and some stripes are visible...
I have a 9600M and I see the stripes too, sometimes. They are thin and
somewhat moving horizontally. But they go away when I switch to console
or another X display and back.
> are there any settings to be made in /etc/X11/XFree86-4?
fglrxconfig will create a XF86Config-4 for you. It worked out of the box
for me.
Good luck, Mario
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