On Saturday 10 January 2004 03:22, James Cammarata wrote:
> Hi all, first time sending to here. I've got about a year's worth
> of experience with Linux, so I'm not a complete newb but i do have
> some questions.
>
> Here's what happened:
> I installed a new video card (ATI 9200SE) and upgraded my memory
> from 128MB to 640MB on a brand new Dell Poweredge 400SC running
> Mandrake 9.2. When I rebooted the computer, my ethernet adaptor
> and sound card were suddenly missing. I looked in /dev/sound and
> the mixer (and everything else) device is gone, and I had to use
> drakeconf to reinstall my networking. In retrospect, I assume it
> had something to do with the fact that I replaced the default PCI
> video card (Rage XL) with an AGP card. I'm tempted to smoke this
> box (as there's nothing critical on it) and try to repeat the
> process to see if that is indeed what happened, or if it was a one
> time glitch.
>
> So, I have 2 questions about my situation:
> 1) Anyone know how to get X windows to recognize the new ATI
> 9200? Drakeconf will only start if I set it up as a VESA compliant
> vid card. I installed the Linux driver from the ATI web site but
> it did not help. 2) How the h*** do i reinstall /dev/sound/mixer
> and anything else ALSA might need. I have reinstalled ALSA but
> that did not help. Anyone know the mknod command for it, or what I
> need to reinstall to fix this?
>
> Here's things I've tried:
> 1) Reinstalling any RPM that had the word ALSA, sound, or mixer in
> the file name or description
> 2) Installed the enterprise kernel to try to get devfs to correct
> the problem automatically.
> 3) Disabling the sound card, starting Linux, rebooting, and then
> re-enabling the sound card (through BIOS, it's an onboard AC'97
> sound system). Thought maybe Linux might detect it as new
> hardware, but nope.
>
On http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/ViDeo there is an entry:
Radeon 9200
* Works fine for me under 9.1, but I don't use 3D gaming so I
can't speak to that. PhilGroschwitz
If you go to that page you will see a link to Phil's personal page,
where you can get his address. I would ask him directly if he has
moved to 9.2, and if so what is his experience with the card. He may
not be reading the list regularly at this time, as many of us come
and go according to our circumstances.
Anne
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