Re: Radeon/Debian Nope?
On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 15:46, Dutch wrote: > > > So, with xfree 4.1 (which you can have), you can choose any card > (for > > exemple an ati one, to get prepared for xfree 4.2), you will then > have an > > entry for your device which will look like that : > > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "ATI Mobility Radeon" > > Driver "ati" > > #VideoRam 16384 > > EndSection > > > > then, just replace "ati" with "vesa". > > > I did this exactly and nothing. flashes a bit, then give a list like > (II) ATI: ATI driver for... > (II) R128: Driver for ATI Rage... > (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon... > (--) Assigning device section with no Buis ID to primary device > (EE) No devices detected) > > FAtal server error: > no screens found > > I just dont know... > > I had a similar problem once with a Radeon, although it wasn't Debian. It worked OK after I told Linux not to use "framebuffer." I'm sorry I don't recall the details, but if I remember correctly I had to edit my bootloader config and remove the "vga=..." from the entry. I hope this helps. Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Radeon/Debian Nope?
On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 15:46, Dutch wrote: > > > So, with xfree 4.1 (which you can have), you can choose any card > (for > > exemple an ati one, to get prepared for xfree 4.2), you will then > have an > > entry for your device which will look like that : > > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "ATI Mobility Radeon" > > Driver "ati" > > #VideoRam 16384 > > EndSection > > > > then, just replace "ati" with "vesa". > > > I did this exactly and nothing. flashes a bit, then give a list like > (II) ATI: ATI driver for... > (II) R128: Driver for ATI Rage... > (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon... > (--) Assigning device section with no Buis ID to primary device > (EE) No devices detected) > > FAtal server error: > no screens found > > I just dont know... > > I had a similar problem once with a Radeon, although it wasn't Debian. It worked OK after I told Linux not to use "framebuffer." I'm sorry I don't recall the details, but if I remember correctly I had to edit my bootloader config and remove the "vga=..." from the entry. I hope this helps. Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Radeon/Debian Nope?
On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 09:53:41AM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 20:46, Dutch wrote: > > I did this exactly and nothing. flashes a bit, then give a list like > > (II) ATI: ATI driver for... > > (II) R128: Driver for ATI Rage... > > (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon... > > (--) Assigning device section with no Buis ID to primary device > > (EE) No devices detected) > > > > FAtal server error: > > no screens found > > > > I just dont know... > > I have a laptop with a ATI Radeon Mobility LY, and have to use XFree86 > 4.2 (actually I am using 4.1.99 from CVS, which another Debian user had > build and put on the Internet). I'll try and dig out the URL for it. I have that exact chipset and am using the X packages that are in sid. Ivan -- Ivan E. Moore II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://snowcrash.tdyc.com GPG KeyID=90BCE0DD GPG Fingerprint=F2FC 69FD 0DA0 4FB8 225E 27B6 7645 8141 90BC E0DD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Radeon/Debian Nope?
On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 09:53:41AM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 20:46, Dutch wrote: > > I did this exactly and nothing. flashes a bit, then give a list like > > (II) ATI: ATI driver for... > > (II) R128: Driver for ATI Rage... > > (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon... > > (--) Assigning device section with no Buis ID to primary device > > (EE) No devices detected) > > > > FAtal server error: > > no screens found > > > > I just dont know... > > I have a laptop with a ATI Radeon Mobility LY, and have to use XFree86 > 4.2 (actually I am using 4.1.99 from CVS, which another Debian user had > build and put on the Internet). I'll try and dig out the URL for it. I have that exact chipset and am using the X packages that are in sid. Ivan -- Ivan E. Moore II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://snowcrash.tdyc.com GPG KeyID=90BCE0DD GPG Fingerprint=F2FC 69FD 0DA0 4FB8 225E 27B6 7645 8141 90BC E0DD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Radeon/Debian Nope?
On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 20:46, Dutch wrote: > I did this exactly and nothing. flashes a bit, then give a list like > (II) ATI: ATI driver for... > (II) R128: Driver for ATI Rage... > (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon... > (--) Assigning device section with no Buis ID to primary device > (EE) No devices detected) > > FAtal server error: > no screens found > > I just dont know... I have a laptop with a ATI Radeon Mobility LY, and have to use XFree86 4.2 (actually I am using 4.1.99 from CVS, which another Debian user had build and put on the Internet). I'll try and dig out the URL for it. Ross -- Ross Burton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] diary: http://advogato.org/person/RossBurton PGP Fingerprint: 1A21 F5B0 D8D0 CFE3 81D4 E25A 2D09 E447 D0B4 33DF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Radeon/Debian Nope?
On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 20:46, Dutch wrote: > I did this exactly and nothing. flashes a bit, then give a list like > (II) ATI: ATI driver for... > (II) R128: Driver for ATI Rage... > (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon... > (--) Assigning device section with no Buis ID to primary device > (EE) No devices detected) > > FAtal server error: > no screens found > > I just dont know... I have a laptop with a ATI Radeon Mobility LY, and have to use XFree86 4.2 (actually I am using 4.1.99 from CVS, which another Debian user had build and put on the Internet). I'll try and dig out the URL for it. Ross -- Ross Burton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] diary: http://advogato.org/person/RossBurton PGP Fingerprint: 1A21 F5B0 D8D0 CFE3 81D4 E25A 2D09 E447 D0B4 33DF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
