Re: configure ati chipset for Sun ultra 5
On 2010-05-28, philo wrote:
> i have installed debian R5 on ultra 5, HDD 40Go, 360 Mhz, 512 ram and
> ATI pro rage video chipset.
> i try to install fglrx ati driver but i don't know if it's run under
> sparc64!
> some one can give me a link about X-windows configuration for sparc64
> with ati chipset.
On my ultra 5 I have:
$ uname -a
Linux ultra5 2.6.30-1-sparc64 #1 Wed Jul 8 01:18:17 UTC 2009 sparc GNU/Linux
$ lspci -v
01:02.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro 215GP (rev 5c)
(prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Flags: stepping, medium devsel, IRQ 13
Memory at e1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
I/O ports at fffffe0100000000 [disabled] [size=1]
Memory at e2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
Expansion ROM at fffffe0100000000 [disabled] [size=1]
Kernel driver in use: atyfb
This minimal xorg.conf works for me with an old 15" SVGA monitor.
$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
# IBM
HorizSync 31.5-51
VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Generic Video Card"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 16
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
EndSection
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I use setxkbmap in my .xinitrc for the keyboard. I believe there may
be a better place to customize the keyboard, but off-hand I forget.
Regards,
Howard E.
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