Bug#492459: Toshiba M70-144 with ATI Radeon X700 display
Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati
Version: (1:6.6.3-2)
I recently made a standard Debian 4 installation on a Toshiba Satellite M70-144 laptop. This model has an ATI Radeon X700 display.
The ATI driver which is rolled in as part of the standard installation fails to light the panel in this model of laptop. I have tried three times to get the open source ATI driver
working, without success.
I have re-configured the system to use the fglxr-driver and, using information gleaned from the Ubuntu help pages, have managed to get the panel working in a very
satisfactory manner.
My guess is that this problem is likely to be specific to the laptop hardware I am using. I don't think maintainers should spend time on this, but I do think maintainers should
know the problem exists.
Should you want more details, mail me at <amj@operamail.com>
Regards
Adrian Jenvey
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