Sorry,my English is poor:-)
I have a ATI with 9250 ,so I have to add x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.29.1
to /etc/portage/package.mask,ati-driver-8.28.8-r1 (not ati-driver-8.28.8)
and the kernel with 2.6.19 is well,but the 2.6.20 cant.
xorg 7.2 isnt support R200 (inclue 9200 9250)seriers.Dont update to 7.2 from
7.1.
Of course you can choose open source driver,it could be supported.
My English is very very Poor:-(sorry
2007/5/10, Johannes Skov Frandsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Francisco Rivas wrote:
Hi Johannes and every friend of the list :D.
Johannes two things:
1.- I think (i guess) it's better install the 8.36.5 ati drivers,
because
the 8.32.5 ati drivers is too bugs and is better have the actual
driver, you
can download from the ati page and put on the portage distfiles and
install
it.
2.- If you don't like the 1 then look here :
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-554065-start-0-postdays-0-postorder-asc-highlight-atidrivers.htmland
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-554736.html?sid=eeac31c8c7d77b4d130703a372462537
that persons have a problem very similary to yours.
Well about your question I think, check your kernel configuration
Graphics
Drivers, you have to unmark the ATI modules of the kernel. At last, I
had
the same problem with 8.32.5 my laptop frezee and the only thing what
can I
do was reset using the Power bottom; and the solution was install the
8.36.5ati driver, believe me.
I hope be helpfully to you, Have a nice day :D
Hi Francisco
Thanks for the help so far...but it still dos not play nicly
According to 'lspci' my graphic card is:
VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO]
(rev 01)
and according to:
http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon-prer200.html
I should then be using version 8.28.8 of the driver.
I have tried coping both the 8.28.8 and the 8.36.5 to my dist folder and
tried to run emerge:
emerge -va ati-drivers
but it only suggests the 8.32.5 version, which as previously mentioned,
dos not work.
Am I missing to parameters to emerge or?
I have tried to compiled ati support directly in to my kernel... this
did not work
I have tried to compile ati support as modules for my kernel... this did
not work
I have tried to add framebuffer support in the kernel with support for
ati this allows me to start x but everything is running real slow
and I experience clipping when I move around windows.
Any pointers?
Joe
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