Re: Debian, X and ATI Radeon X1300

[Hendrik Sattler]

Vitaliy Ischenko wrote:

> The better choice for linux systems will be Nvidia (latest drivers
> [closed-source] support 7400,7800 & 7900
> 
> P.S. That's my opinion :)

nVidia released less information to create free drivers than ATI. Their 
binary-only drivers are probably good but what about other architectures, 
what if nVidia stops supporting the chipset you have on your card with 
drivers for newer versions of X? How about running a kernel without 
binary-only drivers?

Why can't nVidia release documentation for older chipsets?

And who needs the newer graphics oven anyway ;)

HS

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Re: Debian, X and ATI Radeon X1300

[Luis R Finotti]

Vitaliy Ischenko wrote:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=414 



*ATI v8.23.7 Display Drivers*

Yet again ATI continues in their monthly ritual of releasing new
Linux display drivers that are accompanied by the release of their
usual Windows CATALYST suspect. The candidate taking center stage
today is v6.3 for Windows CATALYST, while the Linux version making
its presence known is v8.23.7. _*While *__*no*__* X1000*_ series
support has been added in this March release, there are a handful of
prominent changes that many Linux ATI ...


В Пнд, 10/04/2006 в 11:11 +0100, Peter Karlsson пишет:


Hi!

The graphics card in my Debian machine died a couple of weeks ago, and
I had to buy a new one. I ended up with a ATI Radeon X1300, since I
have had good experiences with ATI cards and Debian before.

[snip]

FYI, a new driver has been made available (or so it seems).  Check:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=442&num=1

or

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27

HTH,

Luis


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Re: Debian, X and ATI Radeon X1300

[Vitaliy Ischenko]

The better choice for linux systems will be Nvidia (latest drivers
[closed-source] support 7400,7800 & 7900

P.S. That's my opinion :)

В Втр, 11/04/2006 в 09:49 +0100, Peter Karlsson пишет:
> Kelly Clowers:
> 
> Your mail came out almost unreadable:
> 
> > On 4/10/06, Peter Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Hi!>> The graphics 
> > card in my Debian machine died a couple of weeks ago, and> I had to buy a 
> > new one. I ended up with a ATI Radeon X1300, since I> have had good 
> > experiences with ATI cards and Debian before.>>   :01:00.0 VGA 
> > compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 7146>   
> > :01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 
> > 7166>> But it didn't work. Neither XFree86 from Sarge nor Xorg from> 
> > backports.org find the card, so I'm currently using the "vesa" driver,> 
> > which isn't very optimal. Is there any version of X that works with> 
> > X1300?>> I tried downloading ATI's drivers, but they give an error while 
> > trying> to build the module.>>   make.sh: line 1: gcc-2.9: command not 
> > found>   make.sh: line 54: [: !=: unary operator expected>   ATI module 
> > generator V 2.0>   ==>   initializing...>   
> > cleaning...>   patching 'highmem.h'...>   probing for VMA API versi!
> on...>   check results are inconsistent!!!>   none of the probed versions did 
> succeed.>   aborting module build.>> --> \\// Peter - 
> http://www.softwolves.pp.se/
> > As Vitaliy said, the ATI binaries do not support r5xx chips (X1xxx)and 
> > unfortunately, neither do the open source drivers. 
> > Seehttp://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ATIRadeon for details (bottom of 
> > thepage).
> 
> Ok, I guess I have to wait for ATI to update their drivers, then. :-( Or
> switch the card over to the Windows box, which has an older, supported,
> ATI card.
> 
> -- 
> \\// Peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/
> 
> 


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Re: Debian, X and ATI Radeon X1300

[Peter Karlsson]

Kelly Clowers:

Your mail came out almost unreadable:

> On 4/10/06, Peter Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Hi!>> The graphics 
> card in my Debian machine died a couple of weeks ago, and> I had to buy a new 
> one. I ended up with a ATI Radeon X1300, since I> have had good experiences 
> with ATI cards and Debian before.>>   :01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: 
> ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 7146>   :01:00.1 Display controller: 
> ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 7166>> But it didn't work. Neither 
> XFree86 from Sarge nor Xorg from> backports.org find the card, so I'm 
> currently using the "vesa" driver,> which isn't very optimal. Is there any 
> version of X that works with> X1300?>> I tried downloading ATI's drivers, but 
> they give an error while trying> to build the module.>>   make.sh: line 1: 
> gcc-2.9: command not found>   make.sh: line 54: [: !=: unary operator 
> expected>   ATI module generator V 2.0>   ==>   
> initializing...>   cleaning...>   patching 'highmem.h'...>   probing for VMA 
> API versi!
on...>   check results are inconsistent!!!>   none of the probed versions did 
succeed.>   aborting module build.>> --> \\// Peter - 
http://www.softwolves.pp.se/
> As Vitaliy said, the ATI binaries do not support r5xx chips (X1xxx)and 
> unfortunately, neither do the open source drivers. 
> Seehttp://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ATIRadeon for details (bottom of thepage).

Ok, I guess I have to wait for ATI to update their drivers, then. :-( Or
switch the card over to the Windows box, which has an older, supported,
ATI card.

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Re: Debian, X and ATI Radeon X1300

[Kelly Clowers]

On 4/10/06, Peter Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> The graphics card in my Debian machine died a couple of weeks ago, and
> I had to buy a new one. I ended up with a ATI Radeon X1300, since I
> have had good experiences with ATI cards and Debian before.
>
>   :01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown 
> device 7146
>   :01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 7166
>
> But it didn't work. Neither XFree86 from Sarge nor Xorg from
> backports.org find the card, so I'm currently using the "vesa" driver,
> which isn't very optimal. Is there any version of X that works with
> X1300?
>
> I tried downloading ATI's drivers, but they give an error while trying
> to build the module.
>
>   make.sh: line 1: gcc-2.9: command not found
>   make.sh: line 54: [: !=: unary operator expected
>   ATI module generator V 2.0
>   ==
>   initializing...
>   cleaning...
>   patching 'highmem.h'...
>   probing for VMA API version...
>   check results are inconsistent!!!
>   none of the probed versions did succeed.
>   aborting module build.
>
> --
> \\// Peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/

As Vitaliy said, the ATI binaries do not support r5xx chips (X1xxx)
and unfortunately, neither do the open source drivers. See
http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ATIRadeon for details (bottom of the
page).

Re: Debian, X and ATI Radeon X1300

[Vitaliy Ischenko]

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=414

ATI v8.23.7 Display Drivers

Yet again ATI continues in their monthly ritual of releasing new Linux display drivers that are accompanied by the release of their usual Windows CATALYST suspect. The candidate taking center stage today is v6.3 for Windows CATALYST, while the Linux version making its presence known is v8.23.7. While no X1000 series support has been added in this March release, there are a handful of prominent changes that many Linux ATI ...


В Пнд, 10/04/2006 в 11:11 +0100, Peter Karlsson пишет:


Hi!

The graphics card in my Debian machine died a couple of weeks ago, and
I had to buy a new one. I ended up with a ATI Radeon X1300, since I
have had good experiences with ATI cards and Debian before.

  :01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 7146
  :01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 7166

But it didn't work. Neither XFree86 from Sarge nor Xorg from
backports.org find the card, so I'm currently using the "vesa" driver,
which isn't very optimal. Is there any version of X that works with
X1300?

I tried downloading ATI's drivers, but they give an error while trying
to build the module.

  make.sh: line 1: gcc-2.9: command not found
  make.sh: line 54: [: !=: unary operator expected
  ATI module generator V 2.0
  ==
  initializing...
  cleaning...
  patching 'highmem.h'...
  probing for VMA API version...
  check results are inconsistent!!!
  none of the probed versions did succeed.
  aborting module build.

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Debian, X and ATI Radeon X1300

[Peter Karlsson]

Hi!

The graphics card in my Debian machine died a couple of weeks ago, and
I had to buy a new one. I ended up with a ATI Radeon X1300, since I
have had good experiences with ATI cards and Debian before.

  :01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 
7146
  :01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 7166

But it didn't work. Neither XFree86 from Sarge nor Xorg from
backports.org find the card, so I'm currently using the "vesa" driver,
which isn't very optimal. Is there any version of X that works with
X1300?

I tried downloading ATI's drivers, but they give an error while trying
to build the module.

  make.sh: line 1: gcc-2.9: command not found
  make.sh: line 54: [: !=: unary operator expected
  ATI module generator V 2.0
  ==
  initializing...
  cleaning...
  patching 'highmem.h'...
  probing for VMA API version...
  check results are inconsistent!!!
  none of the probed versions did succeed.
  aborting module build.

-- 
\\// Peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/


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