On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 9:38 pm, Kelly McCormick wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 3:50 am, Kelly McCormick wrote: > >>Hello everyone, > >> > >>Is there anybody out there with some experience with this card > >>under ML9.1? At a minimum, I would like to get the 3D > >> acceleration and the TV tuner functions working. It is my > >> understanding that the ATI drivers will provide GL acceleration > >> but will do nothing for any of the other functions of this card > >> and that the Gatos drivers can provide atleast nearly full > >> funtionality to this card under linux. I have also found reports > >> that the ATI drivers may work better for the 3D acceleration > >> than the ati.2 gatos drivers provide? Any thoughts or experience > >> on this subject? Also, is it possible to mix and match the > >> drivers to use ATI's own drivers for 3D Accelation and the Gatos > >> drivers for the TV tuner, tivo functions, remote, etc.? I have > >> also noted that ATI's driver rpm > >> "fglrx-glc22-4.2.0-2.5.1.i586.rpm" is built for glibc 2.2 and > >> their check.sh script reports that I have glibc 2.3, as I > >> understand it this shouldn't be a problem, but I'm wondering if > >> there is a better rpm to use? or a better solution? During my > >> attempts to decipher the gatos website I have gotten the > >> impression that these drivers are intended to be used with > >> XFree86 version 4.1.0 and work atleast somewhat with 4.2.0, what > >> is this going to mean to me since I am running 4.3.0? The more > >> information I find, the more confused I become on this entire > >> video driver subject. If someone can point me in the right > >> direction here, I'd really appreciate it. What I'm really > >> looking for is any advice on how to get the best results with > >> this card, and a heads up on any problems that I can expect to > >> run into. If there are any good information sources on this that > >> could help clear some of these things up, please let me know > >> where to find them. below are the results of running the > >> check.sh script from the ATI website, if there is any further > >> information that I can provide that will help with this > >> discussion, please let me know what you need and since it's > >> likely that I don't know, how to find that info. > >> > >> > >>================================================================= > >>== == ATI Technologies > >>================================================================= > >>== == Checking which OS you're running... > >>uname reports 'Linux' version '2.4.21-0.13mdk', architecture > >>'i686'. Object format is 'ELF'. > >>libc version is '6.3'. > >> > >>XFree86 Version 4.3.0 is installed. > >> > >>No package available for glibc 2.3. Try fglrx-glibc22.tgz > >>Binary package name is 'fglrx-glibc21.tgz' > >> > >>Thanks in advance for any and all help provided. I know I'm > >> asking for a lot of info here but as I said, now that I have > >> been looking into this for a while, I am no longer even sure > >> where to start. RTFM one too many times I guess. > > > > Try here: > > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/ViDeo > > > > Anne > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >------- > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > Thanx for the info Anne, I have been looking into the twiki site > lately but hadn't run across that page yet. I see that a new rpm is > available on the ATI site "fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5.i586.rpm" this > appears to be a newer version of the one listed in the twiki, I > assume it may be better to substitute? Also I notice that nothing > is mentioned of compiling kernel modules for agppart etc. did you > not find this necessary? > > Dax
Sorry, can't help you myself - I use Matrox. However, the bits about the ATi 8500 were written [EMAIL PROTECTED](nospam).ca and [EMAIL PROTECTED](nospam).com You may wish to contact them personally and ask your question. If you do, please let us know what happens. The more info we can collect the more it helps someone else. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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