You might also try the Radeon "SuperPatch" which is being tested for
integration into Xorg:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3621
-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
Jason Fiset wrote:
> I've been messing around trying to get the ATI Xpress 200M video to display
> properly on my laptop and it seems there is a bug in the radeon Xorg driver.
>
> If I use th radeon driver box-stock with accelleration on, the system
> completely locks up - I can't ssh into it, I can't move the mouse, etc. and
> the display is completely garbled. I can see the blue and white parts of the
> standard dtlogin screen but the screen is unreadable.
>
> If I add the option NoAccel to xorg.conf file, the system doesn't lock up but
> the screen is still completely unreadable.
>
> I can switch to the vesa driver and use it but I can only do 1024x768 res (my
> display is 1280x800) with that driver, it won't allow me to add a custom
> modeline for 1280x800 and use it. It complains about "no such mode" when I
> try.
>
> I even compiled the RC candidate (Xorg 6.9.99.900 I think) of Xorg on my
> system and use the radeon driver from that with the same problem.
>
> Sound also does not work with this chipset (ATI chipset has integrated audio
> as well). It is an AC-97 complient device but I can't seem to get it working.
>
> Everything else works though - my touch pad, USB ports, etc.
>
> Oh one other thing. I have a Microsoft Wireless Desktop (keyboard+mouse
> combo) and the keyboard works great but it appears that the mouse never gets
> detected so I can't use it - I have to use a wired mouse. Anyone know the
> fix for this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jason
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