Re: ATI Radeon 9000 question
lameth <lameth@comcast.net> writes:
> Version 4.1 of Xfree86 doesn't support my graphics card, an ATI Radeon
> 9000.
My new laptop has an "ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 M9"; I don't know how
similar it is, but I know XFree86 4.2 (in unstable) doesn't support it.
> Since I have a dual boot system with windows xp I went to ati's
> website and downloaded the drivers for my card that are used with
> version 4.1.0 of Xfree86. The only problem is linux doesn't see my
> winxp drive. I've added /dev/hdb1 /winxp vfat user,noauto 0 0 to
> my fstab file but when I try to mount /winxp or /dev/hdb1 it tells me
> mount point /winxp doesn't exist. That is correct isn't it?
You'll get that error if there's no /winxp directory at all; you
should just create it using 'mkdir /winxp', whatever winds up there
will be hidden if you successfully mount the XP partition. In my
experience, though, XP likes to aggressively convert its root
filesystem to NTFS if it can get away with it. This isn't the end of
the world, since Linux can read NTFS but not write it. (Try 'mount -t
ntfs /dev/hdb1 /winxp'.)
> My second option is to get xserver-common 4.2.0 and xserver-xfree86
> 4.2.0 from unstable and use that. Will I have to switch my entire
> system to testing if I do that? And if so what do I need to put in my
> list.sources file so that apt will get the right packages.
You will probably wind up in testing or unstable if you try to go this
way, yes. I'd recommend avoiding the backport world, since people
have run into problems where backport A depends on parts of backport B
but you only have backport B'; plus, you really want an X server, not
an entirely new X installation, but the backports tend to give you the
latter. Download Xxserv.tgz and Xmod.tgz from your favorite
xfree86.org mirror, unpack them in /usr/local (or a subdirectory of
/usr/local/stow, if you use stow), then change the /etc/X11/X symlink
to point to /usr/local/bin/XFree86 and adjust your XF86Config file as
necessary.
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