[ale] ATI Radeon VE and X 4.0.3

[Wandered Inn]

Keith Hopkins wrote:
> 
> Hi Geoffrey,
> 
>    Two suggestions:  Move to X 4.1.x, and check out the mailing lists
> for the Gatos project at linuxvideo.org.

Playing email catch up here.  Thanks for the suggestion.  Once I
upgraded to 4.1.0, I was able to build a useable config file.  A little
tweeking and I'm cooking again, along with the ability to run my games
again.  Thanks.

>    Also, as far as I know, 4.x does a lot of dynamic configuration as it
> starts up, so you usually don't see a lot of the stuff that was in
> XF86Config for X 3.x.x.
>    Of course, there are exceptions, for instance, my laptop with X.4.1.0
> and a ATI Mobility chip couldn't decide on the right freq, so I had to
> put a modeline in the config.  But, my ATI desktop systems work without
> modifications.

All I had to do was add a default bpp and I'm good.  Thanks again.

> 
> Lost In Taipei,
>    Keith
> 
> Wandered Inn wrote:
> 
> > I purchased an ATI Radeon VE card a while back and couldn't get it to
> > work.  I returned it, and have since purchased another.  I've
> > successfully installed this one and am now attempting to configure X for
> > it.  I understood that this card was supported but I'm having a tough
> > time creating a valid config file.
> >
> > X -configure tells me it sees a valid card, but doesn't have the proper info
> > to configure it.  I've done a few searches on google regarding this
> > card, but not found much help.  I did find one reference to an
> > XFree86-ati driver rpm, but I can't seem to locate this thing either.
> > It's not on my Mandrake 8 cds and I couldn't find it on rpmfind.net
> >
> > Suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > Later, Geoffrey
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