Re: [Trisquel-users] Radeon HD 3650 AGP and Trisquel 4.0

[go . busto]

Hello all,I am currently unable to access the machine mentioned since it has  
been moved out of the way whilst I repair another computer for my father, but  
to answer your questions: Have you tryed to boot with the safe option on the  
live CD?Yes, it has no effect. The screen is still blank. Have you set your  
BIOS plug and play to disabled?I have not checked this yet. I will try it  
when I have time. Could you paste the contents of your xorg.conf file for us  
to see?There is no xorg.conf file - the CD cannot get past the first  
Install/Boot for first HD screen. To clarify:The machine can install and run  
gNewSense 3.0 using the integrated SiS graphics chip.The machine can install  
and run Trisquel 3.0 using the integrated SiS graphics chip.The machine can  
install and run Trisquel 4.0 using the integrated SiS graphics chip.The  
machine can install and run gNewSense 3.0 using the AGP ATi card.The machine  
can install and run Trisquel 3.0 using the AGP ATi card.The machine cannot  
install Trisquel 4.0 using the AGP ATi card.Since gNewSense uses older  
libraries than Trisquel does, I am therefore inclined to think that the  
problems lie with the new deblobbed ATi driver used by Trisquel 4.0 not  
working correctly for the AGP version of the Radeon HD 3650. gNewSense is  
probably using generic display drivers for the card and thus not having any  
issues, whilst Trisquel is detecting that it is an ATi card, attempting to  
use the new, deblobbed drivers, but then floundering because the card is not  
using a PCIe interface as it expects. Sadly, I am no expert at driver  
programming, and so I'm unlikely to be able to be of much help in terms of  
identifying which aspect of the ATi driver source code is causing the issue.