Sarge and GATOS (ATI Rage 128, 16M All In Wonder)
Hello,
Has anyone been able to get an ATI Rage 128 All-In-Wonder to work with
Sarge?
First thing I did was to install the Debian packages. Upon running
xatitv I got the following:
GATOS: No ATI PCI/AGP Cards ?
GATOS: gatos_inita(): Invalid argument
xatitv: gatos_init(): Invalid argument
Then, thinking that the Debian package might not be as up to date as
the upstream source, I downloaded the binary tar file for X 4.3, per
these instructions:
http://gatos.sourceforge.net/ati.2.php
This overwrote some files in /etc/X11R6 and added others, but it
didn't make any difference: same error.
Then I did an dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and made sure that
ATI was selected: no difference, even after restarting the server
and rebooting.
Then, after not finding an ATI-specific driver in the lsmod output,
I went looking for it in /lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386. I found what
seems the appropriate one: aty128fb and added it to /etc/modules.
Dmesg says:
aty128fb: Found Intel x86 BIOS ROM Image
aty128fb: Rage128 BIOS located
aty128fb: Rage128 PD PRO PCI [chip rev 0x1] 16M 128-bit SDR SGRAM (1:1)
fb0: ATY Rage128 frame buffer device on Rage128 PD PRO PCI
aty128fb: Rage128 MTRR set to ON
Capability LSM initialized
So it seems that the card is known to the system, but starting xatitv
still returns the original error message.
What am I missing? Is watching TV with this card possible at all under
sarge?
After the latest manual (non-package) steps, I notice that X takes a lot
longer to start, but it eventually does. It appears that it never
used acceleration, and still doesn't. After shutdown -r the screen
never comes back on. It only does after hitting the HW reset button.
Any steps specific to Debian to get this card to work?
A google search turned up this:
http://answers.tveasy.co.uk/c.o.l.hardware/Distro-wGfRoR.htm
One person claims to have made it work a long time ago, but likely
not with Debian and he doesn't say how.
Thanks for any info.
Augustine
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