Re: X11

[Nick Lidakis <nick.lidakis@verizon.net>]

Paul Winkler wrote:

> 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
>
>  
I thought so also, until I read ATI's HOWTO. The RPM converted easily 
with alien, then I performd a dpkg -i --force-ovrwrite, ran 2 scripts 
and then their Xfree setup utility. I had my 8500 running in less than 
20 min, and that was with compiling a custom module for my 2.4.20 
kernel. They are currently supporting X 4.1 and 4.2. I'm using the 
Radeon 8500 on testing with Xfree 4.2