Funny stuff which I don't really understand is that in installer I could select my radeon, and XFree86 4.3.0 with hardware acceleration with no prob and the test would show the X screen in my chosen resolution and colors, but after reboot X doesn't start anymore with the classical error that no screens were found.
Is anything different in the X screen showed during the config test in installer and the way X starts normally?!? I would expect that if my hardware combination isn't supported, then also the test inside the configuration part of the installer would choke too... :/ Best regards, Adrian ----- Original Message ----- From: "civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 8:25 PM Subject: Re: [expert] A7N8X and Radeon 9700 Pro under ML 9.1?!? > On Wednesday 12 March 2003 09:21 am, Adrian Golumbovici wrote: > > Hi mates, > > > > I managed to solve my crash problem with the A7V8X and 1GB of mem by > > changing it against a A7N8X :). Easiest sollution ever (but expensive tho > > > > :) ). Anyway, my problem now is that I am sick of running my Radeon as > > : Vesa. > > > > Till now agpgart doesn't want to load on this board (nforce2 chipset) even > > with agp_try_unsupported=1 and nvidia provides no driver for its agp beside > > the nvagp module in the drivers for their graphics cards. Since I have an > > ATI card I am not sure how to make it work in a better mode than vesa on my > > mainboard. I read a lot of things on the net and I can shorten the long > > story to the following: > > > > 1. Some suggesting to try to install the NVIDIA rpm and then use the nvagp > > module with the ATI card. No answer from the original poster if it worked. > > > > :/ > > > > 2. The current kernel agpgart module lacks the description for this card > > and though some people offered to write the driver provided someone can > > help with collecting the needed info, the post was left "in the air", so no > > news there... > > 3. Some reported they managed to run their Radeon 9700 Pro as "pci" and not > > "AGP" on this type of motherboard, but also no details provided upon how to > > do that?!? PCI is a lot better than vesa anyway, but have no clue how to do > > that. They said they got 320fps in glxgears. > > 4. Some said that AGP is needed just to do some texture loading(?!? > > whatever that is), but if the card has enough memory on the card (radeon > > 9700 Pro comes with 128MB) you don't absolutely need it and that you can > > run it as PCI (again?!? but again no clue how?!?) and works just fine (just > > a tad slower than if ran in AGP on other motherboards where agpgart support > > exists. > > > > I am as clueless as a baby in a topless bar :) about how to get the best > > out of my card under linux. I really want to try some gaming under linux, > > but with vesa mode and Mesagl I can go smoke a cigar till next frame comes > > on the screen.... Please help. > > > > Best regards, > > Adrian > > Well the truth is that the ATi boards are very poorly supported in linux, > largely because tech info is so hard to get out of ATi, so drivers usually > run a few generations behind the current ATi board models. Recently ATi has > shown some interest in providing drivers ... If they would open the source, > things would be much easier for all concerned. > > Civileme > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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