Although ATI has proprietary drivers for that chip Native linux support is provided by the radeon driver (handles lots of other ATI display chips too) with does not provide some of the features of the ATI driver i could however not get the ATI drivers to work on my laptop.
On 9/3/06, andrew colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Try booting in runlevel 3 as default then from there use the x configuration tool provided system-config-display or redhat-config-display depending of if u installed legacy RH or FCX. The system should then try probing your hardware and set it up if that fails the log will show why it has failed you can the hack the x configuration file and test using startx from with in text mode. The crutial thing is to see what the x server is logging as the error making it fail to start from that troubleshooting is much easier. On 9/3/06, Francis Musinguzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew, > > > Being Brave I tried the text mode. This completed successfully, but the most > annoying bit was that once the system booted comfortably, the system > couldn't start the GUI nor allow me to use "Cntrl+Alt+F"keys. I just had to > go back to the "next-next" OS after five failed installation. I even tried > SuSE 10.0 and 9.1 without any sucess, though I would have preferred the FC4 > I had at the time. The windows installation shows ATI Radeon Mobility 9000. > > > FRANCIS. > > > ========================================================================= > > > > andrew colin writes: > > Same chip sorry not "driver" > > > On 9/3/06, andrew colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The ATI radeon Mobility Driver is supported, my old compaq had the > same driver and worked out of the box. > > > But like ernest pointed out if the display is giving u issues you can > always install in text mode and setup X later. > > > > > On 9/3/06, Ernest, B.M (AfriNIC - ZA) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ernest, B.M (AfriNIC - ZA) wrote the following on 09/03/2006 01:07 PM: > > > Francis Musinguzi wrote the following on 09/03/2006 12:30 PM: > > >> EBM, > > >> How did U manage to install the Linux on the Dell Latitude D600. I > tried > > >> a couple of RedHat based distros with no success. Is it a general prob, > > >> or a vga prob. The installer (anaconda) always failed to detect the > > >> monitor type > > > > > > hmm, redhat is very old :) even with the last redhat version (9.0), i > > > would be surprised if it contained a driver for the ATI Radeon > > > Mobility 9000. > > > > > > I use FC5. (and previously, SuSE - but migrated to FC after i noticed > > > that SuSE forces me to work in a certain way i dont like !) > > > > oh, you said redhat-based. (so, i presume FC). what version of FC were > > you trying to install? what graphics card does your laptop have? > > > > best way is to install using the TUI and try to setup X after! > > > > rgds > > ernest > > > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > -- > AC KISSA > B.Sc Info Tech > RHCE (804005213917312) | LPIC-1 | LPIC-2 (LPI000074540) > > > To follow the path, look to the master, follow the master, walk with > the master, see through the master, become the master. (zen) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > > > -- AC KISSA B.Sc Info Tech RHCE (804005213917312) | LPIC-1 | LPIC-2 (LPI000074540) To follow the path, look to the master, follow the master, walk with the master, see through the master, become the master. (zen)
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