let me add that the problem has something to do with the 761 and 762 not liking a certain command either during or after a soft reset on the agp port. the radeon driver does this thing and it causes the display to have serious issues.
Casey > im running an amd 762 based mobo with a radeon vivo and experience the same > problem > > i tried checking out the cvs sources but could never get it to run properly. > im assuming the current cvs build has issues > > back to the ati problem > > from what i can tell there are 3 files that need to be patched in the source > distro before it will run properly on a radeon > > im in the process of unzipping the 4.1.0 source as we speak so bare with me. > im going to try to patch things up and if im successful i will give you what > information i have at hand > > Casey > > on a side note if you edit your xfree options and add in option "noaccel" > and option "swcursor" then it will work, it will just be dog slow > > > > Hi all > > > > Am new to the list, so please forgive me if I rant. > > > > To put you in the picture, I have a new box ... And a new problem. My > > old box ran an AMD Duron with an ATI Radeon 32MB DDR on a VIA chipset > > based board. All supported revisions of XFree86 4.x worked including > > hardware GL. > > > > My new box runs an AMD Athlon XP with an ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder 32MB > > DDR on an AMD-761/VIA chipset based board. XFree86 4.0.3 & 4.1.0 do not > > work for me. I get a mouse cursor the size of a postage stamp, corrupt > > backgrounds, and ultimately my box locks up. I tried mandrake 8.1 > > instead of SuSE 7.1 (my stalwart distribution) and *their* XFree86 4.1.0 > > works (even with GL) so I am assuming they are using a later snapshot of > > code. > > > > I would gladly try the CVS release of the XFree86 tree but I can never > > get logged in via anoncvs. > > > > Does anyone know where I can get updated snapshots of code, either > > build-ready or not ? > > > > Or, if anyone has a similar problem to me and fixed it (without breaking > > their box) can they please make a posting here or email me :) > > > > Thanks for listening !! > > > > Jon > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xpert mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xpert mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert > _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
