RE: [newbie] Radeon 9000, xwindows and Mandrake 9.0
I had the same problem same card the first time I loaded 9.0. However, the second time around I did a clean install and went with the vesa driver which it defaulted to and it runs great. No tux racer etc but for normal stuff it works fine. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Radeon 9000, xwindows and Mandrake 9.0
How can I set up xwindows to use the framebuffer? I'm interested in doing this. Thanks, Bryant From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Radeon 9000, xwindows and Mandrake 9.0 Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 09:22:27 +0800 if worse comes to worse, you can configure X to use framebuffer until drivers become available.. I have had to do that several times in the past with IBM machines with onboard video. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Marty McFly Sent: Friday, 8 November 2002 7:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Radeon 9000, xwindows and Mandrake 9.0 I just installed Mandrake 9.0 on my computer, which has a Radeon 9000 agp card in it. During the install, when the installer came to the point of configuring the video settings, that process failed with some error message, something like invalid configuration. I tried to select Radeon several times, all with the same effect. (One would think I'd learn that if a computer does something one way once, most likely it will do it the same way again.) I ended up clicking through that process, thinking it was configuring the usage of vesa video. When Mandrake boots it boots just fine up until it tries to start xwindows, and that process exits, so no xwindows. I tried running xf86config. That said something like there is a correct configuration, but there is information missing in the xf86PciInfo.h file I checked the ATI site, and couldn't find any driver for the 9000 cards. Only 8500 and below. Anyway, I'm wondering if: 1. Radeon 9000 cards work with Mandrake 2. Do I need to reinstall (run through the installation process again), or is there some configuration I can do in the text files? or just wait for a while My computer (just put together): Asus KT400 mb Athlon 1.667 Ghz Radeon 9000 agp card Thanks, Bryant _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Radeon 9000, xwindows and Mandrake 9.0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com wrote: How can I set up xwindows to use the framebuffer? I'm interested in doing this. Thanks, Bryant There should be some modifications that can be made in your /etc/X11/XF86Config.4 file - I know that there were some specific mods I had to make for my nVidia - did you look through the /etc/X11/XF86Config and /etc/X11/XF86Config.4 files to see if there were some pointers pertaining to your specific card in there? 11 09 2002 ____ / \ /| |'-. .\__/ || | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | / \__.`=._) (_ |/ ._/ || |'. `\ | | ;/ / | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| ' `-`' !! !s.m.kuhn! ! kuhn media australia - kma.0catch.com ! !! ! No! No! Windows isn't a virus. ! ! Viruses do something. ! !! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Radeon 9000, xwindows and Mandrake 9.0
Its an Xserver option.. I can't remember the exact location off the top of my head, but when it asks you want xserver (ie what vid card) you can choose framebuffer.. (be sure to select expert) so run drakxconf and get to the choose xserver and look for the framebuffer option.. (it might be under generic, can't remember) (you can do it from install as well.) I only use it on machines where there is no other option.. but it works flawlessly for 2d stuff. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Marty McFly Sent: Saturday, 9 November 2002 7:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Radeon 9000, xwindows and Mandrake 9.0 How can I set up xwindows to use the framebuffer? I'm interested in doing this. Thanks, Bryant From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Radeon 9000, xwindows and Mandrake 9.0 Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 09:22:27 +0800 if worse comes to worse, you can configure X to use framebuffer until drivers become available.. I have had to do that several times in the past with IBM machines with onboard video. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Marty McFly Sent: Friday, 8 November 2002 7:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Radeon 9000, xwindows and Mandrake 9.0 I just installed Mandrake 9.0 on my computer, which has a Radeon 9000 agp card in it. During the install, when the installer came to the point of configuring the video settings, that process failed with some error message, something like invalid configuration. I tried to select Radeon several times, all with the same effect. (One would think I'd learn that if a computer does something one way once, most likely it will do it the same way again.) I ended up clicking through that process, thinking it was configuring the usage of vesa video. When Mandrake boots it boots just fine up until it tries to start xwindows, and that process exits, so no xwindows. I tried running xf86config. That said something like there is a correct configuration, but there is information missing in the xf86PciInfo.h file I checked the ATI site, and couldn't find any driver for the 9000 cards. Only 8500 and below. Anyway, I'm wondering if: 1. Radeon 9000 cards work with Mandrake 2. Do I need to reinstall (run through the installation process again), or is there some configuration I can do in the text files? or just wait for a while My computer (just put together): Asus KT400 mb Athlon 1.667 Ghz Radeon 9000 agp card Thanks, Bryant _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
