Re: X11

[Paul Winkler <pwink@attglobal.net>]

I had a similiar problem with an ATI AIW 8500dv.  I ended up upgrading 
to xfree86 4.2 from 4.1, (which necessitated an upgrade from "Woody" to 
"Testing") this fixed the problem, I specified the radeon driver.

Here is a link to the ATI website where they provide instructions on how 
to install a binary module in the kernel to support the 9000. 

           http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html

This however involves an rpm package - the process looked to fraught 
with danger to me so I chose to upgrade to Xfree86 4.2 instead.  
Xfree86 4.3 will contain better support for accelerated 3D, but if all 
you need is 2d Xfree86 4.2 will work fine.

Paul Winkler


On Friday 17 January 2003 07:20 am, Vanilla wrote:
> I still can't start X with and Ati 9000 (on a desktop).
> I'd try: ati, atimisc, radeon, vesa and vga.
> If I use the vga driver, I can start X, but ...
> I dont need 3D, only 2D 24 color bits.
>
> Tanks in advance