On 9/2/07, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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? >
I would personally visit the Phoronix forums, sign up and ask the question there. Most likely a very helpful individual named Michael will be able to tell you more about which driver revision, if any, works with that Radeon. Maybe a helpful Gentoo person can answer the question sooner but it doesn't hurt to have a second opinion. He's very ATI knowledgeable and don't have a strong ati-driver anti-bias like we run into here some times. On the other hand, why do you need the ati-driver package at all. Have you considered just using the radeon driver in the kernel until you get this machine up and running and then deal with this driver issue later? That's my usual path to making a new ATI machine useful as quickly as possible. I run ati-drivers on some machine but prefer to stick with the kernel driver when I Can. Good luck whatever you do, Mark -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
