On 05 Jul 2002 16:11:58 +0200 Michel D�nzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-07-02 at 05:50, Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: > > > > I'm new to this list. I joined because I have an ATI Expert 2000 card. I > > have Mandrake 8.2 with the default Xfree 4.2.0 installed. I am > > experiencing random lockups. The whole machine locks up. I can move the > > mouse pointer around but cannot click on anything. The ONLY thing that > > works is either a manual machine reset or Alt+SysReq+K which kills X and > > allows me to restart X with the mouse. I've been reading about the > > problems others have had with this driver/card, is there any easy > > workaround or fix for this problem? I mean, is there an easy hack I can > > perform that will stop these annoying lockups? > > If you don't need the DRI, disable it. Thank you for replying. What is DRI, what is it used for? And, since I am timerous about screwing things up, please tell me eaxctly how to do that. > > > Also, I have an ATI Radeon 7200 card that I cannot get setup. Does Xfree > > 4.2.0 support this card? > > I think it should, but maybe ATI has been creative regarding PCI IDs again. > What's the problem you're facing? I found out that the 7200 card was defective. I did manage to get it working, but after only about 5 minutes of operation, the whole screen would begin blinking off and on until finally the screen would just freeze. Two times this happened in Linux and in Windows so I know it was the card. I contacted ATI and they are going to repair it for me on warranty. > > > Is this 7200 a good card? > > Most definitely much better than the Expert 2000. > > > -- > Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer > XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast > _______________________________________________ > Xpert mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
