Bug#379437: xserver-xorg-video-ati: Fails to detect Radeon X800 (on Amd64)
On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 10:31:36AM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 15:59 +0100, James Lynn wrote:
> > *** Please type your report below this line *** I've just installed
> > debian testing for the first time on a new machine with a PCIe Radeon
> > X800, and the xserver fails to start, reporting 'No devices
> > detected'. The video card works in text mode.
>
> Does it work if you override the PCI ID to one of the X800s supported by
> the driver (listed below)? For those that have a two character code in
> the list, the PCI ID is the concatenation of the character ASCII codes,
> e.g. for the first one in the list (JH), you'd have to put
>
> ChipId 0x4a48
>
> in Section "Device" for driver "ati" / "radeon".
With Driver "ati" and ChipId 0x4A48 it failed.
However, setting Driver "radeon" and ChipId 0x4a49 it works.
So thanks for that.
If you'd like me to experiment with other combinations let me know.
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James Lynn
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