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Re: Is there really nobody that can help me? (was Re: radeon 9200, Linux 2.6 and Xfree 4.3.0 dri not working)



On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 12:47:12PM -0300, Enzo Alberto Dari wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 12:34, Grzegorz Galazka wrote:
> > On 03 Feb 2004 11:28:33 -0300
> > Enzo Alberto Dari <darie@cab.cnea.gov.ar> wrote:
> > 
> > > - Radeon 9200 SE (chip ID: 5964)
> > 
> > It's an AGPx8 device, it won't work properly on 2.4.x kernels, since
> > they dont have AGPv3 support. Try 2.6.x kernel.
> > ...
> OK, I just found:
> http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0308.1/1928.html
> saying:
> ...
> For 2.4, you're stuck. It needs AGP3 support. The KT400 stuff in
> 2.4 only works if you shove an AGP2.x gfx card in the slot.
> As soon as you put a 3.x capable card in there the chipset changes
> mode, and as there's no AGP3 support in 2.4 yet, you're pooched.
> ...
> 
> I'll try to get a 2.6.x kernel,... and make it work in my woody
> system. 

Mmm, aren't the Radeon 9200 SE also capable of non AGP 3 support ? At
least mine works fine in 3.3V AGP, and this is not a AGP 3 acceptable
value.

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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