-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 FYI, in case I have not been clear, I also have the ati 200m GPU (as well as the ati IXP chipset on the motherboard). I do have a usable laptop (more than usable actually) using the fglrx xorg driver. I have not built the kernel module (for system stability reasons) so 3d does not work.
You can use the fglrx xorg driver that is packaged with Debian/KUBuntu (check apt-cache search fglrx for the package name) or the one from the ati site (convienently packaged in a .deb here: http://www.stanchina.net/~flavio/debian/fglrx-installer.html) There is also an Acer Ferrari 3200 listed here: http://www.stanchina.net/~flavio/debian/fglrx-working.html Hendrik Schaink wrote: > I suggest you boot up your laptop using Knoppix. My new Toshiba (!) > laptop has an "ATi Radeon Xpress 200M" video card, in addition to ATi > USB, ATi IDE, in short, everything except pccard, firewire. I have been > battling with this laptop for a week now. I have it running -- with > hiccups -- Debian sid, i.e. unstable, but the emphasis is on unstable. > > The only way I could make make the video work was by using the "vesa" > xserver. Kubuntu, Suse did not provide a usable system. Also take a look > at what I found on while googling for solutions: > > http://www.google.ca/linux?hl=en&q=%22ati+technologies%22+5a31&btnG=Search&meta= > > HTH, Hendrik Schaink > > > > D Bhardwaj wrote: >> Sorry for the delayed response. >> This is a new Compaq laptop, Turin64, ATI video. >> I tried Suse,Mandriva, Linspire,Ubuntu, Kubuntu. >> All resulted in unique problems. Linspire failed miserably. (x86 versions >> not 64bit) >> I prefer to load Kubuntu if I can. >> I don't know if the store will take the machine back . >> Kubuntu - /etc/init.d/kdm restart responded with Stopping KDM, Starting KDM >> and back to text mode. >> On reboot,it started to 'hang' at the 'checking battery status' step. Had to >> hit power off/on. >> >> Should I just buy old/used hardware? >> >> Dharam >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Gustin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Sunday, January 22, 2006 1:25 pm >> Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Kubuntu breezy install >> >> >> Likely there is a problem with the video drivers. What video card are >> you running? >> >> What happens when you log in as root and then run: >> /etc/init.d/kdm restart >> >> D Bhardwaj wrote: >> >>> The default install finishes in text mode for some odd reason. I >> tried 4 times using 2 different 'regular' iso's. Last year when I >> installed same, it defaulted to KDE at bootup. >> >>> Dharam >> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> clug-talk mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >>> **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD4c/QwRXgH3rKGfMRAqKHAJwPqHlJJRZ0ie7uBZTWUEcV0JAGogCgnX+l zrtlaQJz2sa/V1QAircHk0U= =7RzB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
