Bug#289584: bug#289584 [ati/radeon] does not support unknown chipset (0x5960) rev 1 [Radeon 9250]
I got a email sent to me on this subject and include here in:
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Re: bug#289584 [ati/radeon] does not support unknown chipset (0x5960) rev 1
[Radeon 9250]
Date: Today 01:42:01 pm
From: "Paul A. Judd" <paje@virtual.net.au> (Best Attempt / PAJ esq.)
To: kraehe <kraehe@copyleft.de>
CC: debian-sig@luv.asn.au
Reply to: paje@virtual.net.au
Micheal,
I manually changed driver from ati to radeon and it worked ok. I also enabled
all modules except xtt and it still worked. Previously I had not put in all
modules as some did not load and others were not recommended for the
ati/radeon as per xfree/ati websites guides. I also get the 1024x768 Pixel
(347x260mm) format to load ( very nice, just like old Caldera set up on old
machine with Tseng card ) rather than the 800x600.
I was told ??gears?? application was a way of checking 3D accelleration but
haven't found it yet.
If dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 is used, the radeon driver is ***not***
listed, only ati, so only your manual method of driver specification works.
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 11:39 am, kraehe wrote:
> Moin Paul,
>
> I also just got a 9250 today - and I cursed it, first! X -configure
> gave a nice 800x600 on my 19" Eizo flatscreen, because of vesa timings,
> and changing Driver to "ati" resulted in (EE) No devices detected.
>
> I found an easy solution change 'Driver "ati"' to 'Driver "radeon"'
> and you might even have some low 3D accelleration from the normal
> XFree86 driver. I'm not an XFree hacker - but I guess, that the ati
> driver is checking for every ati card, and only detects those he
> knows, to select the radeon or mach driver. The radeon driver itself
> just only checks if the card is a Radeon, and the 9250 is one ;)
>
> Please check it - and close the bug together with a tip to solve
> it, if my tip solves your problem.
>
> Bye Michael
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Re: bug#289584 [ati/radeon] does not support unknown chipset (0x5960) rev 1
[Radeon 9250]
Date: Today 10:17:56 pm
From: kraehe <kraehe@copyleft.de>
To: "Paul A. Judd" <paje@virtual.net.au>
Moin Paul A. Judd,
> If dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 is used, the radeon driver is ***not***
> listed, only ati, so only your manual method of driver specification works.
ok - nice - so i have someone to confirm that my workaround around ATI
driver autodection works.
> I was told ??gears?? application was a way of checking 3D accelleration but
> haven't found it yet.
xbase-clients -> glxinfo & glxgears
Bye Michael
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Re: bug#289584 [ati/radeon] does not support unknown chipset (0x5960) rev 1
[Radeon 9250]
Date: Today 11:24:36 pm
From: "Paul A. Judd" <paje@virtual.net.au> (Best Attempt / PAJ esq.)
To: kraehe <kraehe@copyleft.de>
Reply to: paje@virtual.net.au
Micheal,
Thanks/that's ok.
I got:
6249 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1249.800 FPS
7742 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1548.400 FPS
7742 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1548.400 FPS
7741 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1548.200 FPS
Is that good/ok/so-so?
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On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 10:17 pm, kraehe wrote:
> Moin Paul A. Judd,
>
> > If dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 is used, the radeon driver is
> > ***not*** listed, only ati, so only your manual method of driver
> > specification works.
>
> ok - nice - so i have someone to confirm that my workaround around ATI
> driver autodection works.
>
> > I was told ??gears?? application was a way of checking 3D accelleration
> > but haven't found it yet.
>
> xbase-clients -> glxinfo & glxgears
>
> Bye Michael
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