On 9/3/07, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Knecht <markknecht <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > > > > > Dell Inspiron 1721 is based on AMD ATI M690T chipset, Turion 64 X2 dual > > > core > > > processors with speeds from 1.8GHz to 2.2GHz, and ATI Mobility Radeon > > > X1270 > > > > > so How/where do I read which chipsets are covered by which drivers? > > > I would personally visit the Phoronix forums, sign up and ask the > > question there. > > > > On the other hand, why do you need the ati-driver package at all. Have > > you considered just using the radeon driver in the kernel until you > > get this machine up and running and then deal with this driver issue > > later? That's my usual path to making a new ATI machine useful as > > quickly as possible. > > > Got vesa working. For now that good enough. I'll give the ati-drivers another > shot, once I read somewhere where this chips is covered by the ati-drivers
Glad for that much. Now the machine is usable. that's a good first step. > > > 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 791f > > It does not even show up in my favorite hardware index: > http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/hwdata/trunk/pcitable?rev=5 > I suspect that ATI has integrated an existing VGA core into a new chipset. sometimes it takes Linux quite awhile to catch up on this sort of issue. I had a Compaq laptop a couple of years ago with a new chipset. It was probably 4 months before I could even attempt to turn on DMA on my hard drives. The machine was very slow for quite a while. It will get worked out. Look for a reasonable location to post some info on the chipset. Note that the Linux kernel guys won't really help with this as they don't like drivers that taint the kernel. I use ATI drivers when I have to, like on my Myth frontend machines, but I stick with the radeon driver if I want any real support. Good luck, Mark -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
