Sorry, I had the wrong return address before. ------- Start of forwarded message ------- From: Robert Arkiletian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: radeon 9200 (rv280) support Date: 6/6/2003 5:02:50 PM
I would like to ask if it's possible to support the ATI radeon 9200 (rv280) in the next update of xfree86, maybe 4.3.1. I have found the following from Michael Hamilton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://users.actrix.co.nz/michael/index.html on (comp.os.linux.x) below. Would it be possible to have built in support for this card using this info? Note: Most people DO NOT need agp 8x support for this card. Thanks Robert Arkiletian Micheal Hamilton wrote: >I recently had a chance to use the 9200 with the DRI drivers, and they >worked just fine. Able to play every 3D game I have (ut2003, q3a, ut, >Rune, etc.). > >You need to use the 'ChipID 0x4242' option in the device section to make >it recognize the 9200. > > Adam K Kirchhoff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) So all I had to do was change the ChipID. At this point I shutdown X (telinit 3), logged in on a console as root and use telinit: # telinit 3 I'd been using the Radeon binary driver, so I had to restore my XFree86 and Mesa OpenGL libraries and modules. If you haven't touched these, then this step isn't necessary: rpm --install --force /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/XFree86-4.3.0-2.i386.rpm rpm --install --force /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/XFree86-Mesa-libGL-4.3.0-2.i386.rpm Back up your existing setup. # cp /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config.before-radeon-9200 Run redhat-config-xfree86 and setup the card as a Radeon 9000. Under advanced option, use the configure button to choose the video card - I picked the ATI Radeon 9000. Tick the checkbox to Enable Hardware 3D Acceleration. Don't probe, we just want the config program to create a valid XFree86 config - we have to change the ChipId before we can try it. # redhat-config-xfree86 Edit the config file and set the ChipId # vi /etc/X11/XF86Config Find the device setion and add the ChipId: Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "radeon" VendorName "Videocard vendor" BoardName "ATI Radeon 9000" ChipId 0x4242 EndSection Test the new configuration for both 2D and 3D. Do a few syncs before hand in case your system locks up. # sync; sync; sync; # startx You can try glxinfo and confirm DRI for 3D is enabled: # glxinfo display: :0.0 screen:0 direct rendering: Yes Restart the graphical login daemon # telinit 5 -------- End of forwarded message -------- _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
