Mark Knecht <markknecht <at> gmail.com> writes:
> You need to discover with lspci what ATI controller is in the machine > and then check which ati-drivers packages support it. After doing that > you need to make sure that the ati-drivers package you have chosen > matches up with the kernel you are attempting to build/install. Well, I think you are on to something: on the dell lspci shows: 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7910 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7912 00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7915 00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7917 00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0) 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1) 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2) 00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3) 00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4) 00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 SMBus (rev 14) <snip> googling produces this: Dell Inspiron 1721 is based on AMD ATI M690T chipset, Turion 64 X2 dual core processors with speeds from 1.8GHz to 2.2GHz, and ATI Mobility Radeon X1270 integrated graphics. so How/where do I read which chipsets are covered by which drivers? James -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
