On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 06:14:15PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Wed, 2004-06-30 at 00:52 +1000, Daniel Stone wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 07:18:56AM -0700, David Meggy wrote: > > > Hi, I just tried the new debian installer (labelled June 25th on the ftp > > > site). When I tried to setup X windows, I was given a choice of video > > > cards. Radeon was not in the list. Ati was but that did not work. So > > > I chose ati, and then edited by hand /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, to switch > > > ati with Radeon. Also the video timings for my monitor were incorrectly > > > guessed, but I don't think I can blame the xfree86 for this since it was > > > using the wrong driver. > > > > > > I have a Radeon 9200SE, running Debian Sarge on an AMD XP 1800+ > > > > If 'ati' doesn't work, then 'radeon' has no business working. > > That's the theory, but the ati wrapper requires code of its own to > support the same chips as radeon does. Maybe that was missed for a patch > which adds support for newer Radeon chips. Been there, got bitten by > that. :\ Do we know that that's actually the case here? -- G. Branden Robinson | It is the responsibility of Debian GNU/Linux | intellectuals to tell the truth and branden@debian.org | expose lies. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Noam Chomsky
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