Hi people, I have bought an ATI Radeon 9250 for my machine (it's AGP based, so I cannot install any PCI Express card). I'm using Centos 4.4.
I updated the xorg.conf file and X comes up nicely, so I decided to go ahead and try the ATI proprietary driver, so I can use Video Out on my TV to watch video.. I downloaded the driver, tried to install.. boom, it fails. Searched a bit through google, found out why (unless you kill X and remove the "radeon" module, the installation fails. someone wasn't very smart detecting an old module is already loaded). I removed the module from memory, re-installed. Installation went ok, but it didn't change the xorg.conf file, so I replaced the "radeon" with "fglrx". I started X, and then... blank screen. SSH'd the machine, X is not running. No errors in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.. My hardware configuration: 15" LCD connected through the VGA connection to the screen. Nothing else. Has anyone had this issue? any tips or recommendation? The only reason I bought ATI card over NVidia's card is because ATI in their Windows driver have this nice "theater" mode, which lets you automatically see any video which is played in a small window on your screen, in full screen on your TV without dragging any windows across screens, and without any modifications. Does anyone knows a way to do it with ATI through Linux? NVidia's cards can "clone" screen or extend your drsktop to 2 screens, but you need to drag your playing window to the other screen and switch to full screen play. Thanks, Hetz -- Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. Visit my blog (hebrew) for things that (sometimes) matter: http://wp.dad-answers.com ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
