Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2002 #400

[Chris <chrisvano@gnubin.com>]

 Hey Thanks....
  
   But I went to the ATI site, and all they seem to have are rpms. And
 like I said, the "rpm" distrobutions have no problem with my card
 during install.

   I also tried dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and entered in all the.
 bus information( I think I got it right, tried it about 16 different ways)
 but still no luck seeing this card.

   Unfortunately this situation has kept me on Mandrake and RedHat for 2 
 years because I always cannot install anything else even after days of 
 trying.


Thanks, Chris


> Hi All & Chris,
> 
> who is a swine! ;-)
> 
> OK, now I've got that off my chest-let me xplain...
> 
> Your Radeon 8500 is "officially" supported by ATI-go to there site & 
> download the drivers & install.
> 
> I am not sure how hard this will be, but I guess there is a howto or 
> readme or some such with the download....
> 
> Now, I have a Radeon 9000 Pro & the dam thing has no "Official" drivers 
> yet from ATI or XFree86. *frown*
> 
> There is a cludge, but I need to download XFree86 4.2.xx, from Debian 
> "testing...."
> 
> Yes, it is odd that Debian did not find your card, but it does ship with 
> a somewhat "dated" 4.1.0-16 version of XFRee86, so that may xplain that.
> 
> *HTH* ?
> 
> *BFN*
> 
> Greek Geek :-)