Hans van der Merwe wrote: > On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 22:57 -0600, Jim Flanagan wrote: >> Hans van der Merwe wrote: >>> On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 09:00 -0600, Jim Flanagan wrote: >>> >>>> Hans van der Merwe wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 10:01 +0100, Eberhard Roloff wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hans van der Merwe wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> I just need TV-out support - apparently the ati driver cant enable it. >>>>>>> >>> >>>>> So its true? no 7.2 support for old drivers and no 9000 support for new >>>>> ones. >>>>> >>> >>>> I got my radeon 9000 to work with the "one click" method in oS 10.3. The >>>> driver version posted at that time was 8.41.7. This worked fine for me, >>>> but I didn't test TV out. It did run 3d nicely. I see a newer driver >>>> version posted at http://en.opensuse.org/ati. These drivers are supposed >>>> to with with xorg 7.2 >>>> >>>> Good luck, >>>> >>>> Jim F >>>> >>> Thats strange, when navigating the AMD/ATI site I get to driver version >>> 8.28 for Radeon 9000 on xorg 7.1 (max). >>> I guess 10.3 is using xorg 7.2? >>> How can this be? does the openSUSE build service stock proprietary ATI >>> drivers? or what does the one-click actually do? >>> >>> >> I went thru the same thought process, but the newer versions of the >> drivers do support xorg 7.2 in opensuse 10.3. The one click method >> installs the same driver as ATI, they are closed source binaries after >> all, it just makes for an easier install. It simply runs a routine where >> it adds the ATI source to yast and install it for you with yast. Give it >> a try, it worked on my radeon 9000. Make a backup copy of >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf first if you want to play it safe so you can easily >> restore it in case you encounter any problems. >> >> Jim F > > Tried, not working yet. > Im still on 10.2, my mythtv box is now stable and I dont want to rip it > apart. > I installed the ATI driver from the site - ver 8.42.3 - and it completed > without errors. > But when I edit xorg.conf to take fglrx as driver it just comes back > with "no devices found" error (radeon drv works fine). > Can you maybe pass on your xorg.conf file? For reference. > > Hans > >
I don't know if it is 100% related, but to get a background for just how bad the ATI and standard Radeon drivers are broken for the ATI Mobility Radeon 9600/9700 series, see: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=338930 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=338947 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340459 Not good... -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
