On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 01:09:31PM +0200, Alexander Stohr wrote: > As far as i have read on the list in a posting from "hy0" > there was a patch against XFree86 development branch that > made it into the CVS. This might add support new ATI chipsets.
Hui's patch does add support for new ATI chips, but it hasn't made it into the XFree86 CVS tree yet. I will be working on integrating it very shortly. I'll post a message to Xpert when it has been checked in. > AFAIK X4.2.1 differs from X4.2.0 only in a fixed security leak. > So the "new" version is not really different from the much older > baseline. Therefore you have to use CVS sources or some snapshot. > > Hmm, maybe the 9000 will run with just PCI ID overloading > to a known chipset (e.g. an 8500 card), see `man XF86Config`. > > -Alex. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrei Maces [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 07:09 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [Xpert]Setting Up Radeon 9000 Pro (R250 Chip) > > > > > > Hello, > > > > Does anyone know how to set up a Radeon 9000 Pro card? It > > uses the ATI > > R250 chip which, apparently, should work at least 2D under > > linux. Unless I > > used "vesa" I can't use it at all. Here are some relevant > > lines from the > > log file: > > > > (II) ATI: ATI driver (version 6.4.8) for chipsets: ati, ativga > > (II) R128: Driver for ATI Rage 128 chipsets: ATI Rage 128 RE (PCI), > > ATI Rage 128 RF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 RG (AGP), ATI Rage > > 128 RK (PCI), > > ATI Rage 128 RL (AGP), ATI Rage 128 SM (AGP), > > ATI Rage 128 Pro PD (PCI), ATI Rage 128 Pro PF (AGP), > > ATI Rage 128 Pro PP (PCI), ATI Rage 128 Pro PR (PCI), > > ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA > > TL (AGP), > > ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TR (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Mobility LE (PCI), > > ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Mobility MF (AGP), > > ATI Rage 128 Mobility ML (AGP) > > (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets: ATI Radeon QD (AGP), > > ATI Radeon QE (AGP), ATI Radeon QF (AGP), ATI Radeon QG (AGP), > > ATI Radeon VE QY (AGP), ATI Radeon VE QZ (AGP), > > ATI Radeon Mobility LW (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility LX (AGP), > > ATI Radeon Mobility LY (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility LZ (AGP), > > ATI Radeon 8500 QL (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 QN (AGP), > > ATI Radeon 8500 QO (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 Ql (AGP), > > ATI Radeon 8500 BB (AGP), ATI Radeon 7500 QW (AGP) > > (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0 > > (II) ATI: Candidate "Device" section "Radeon". > > (WW) ATI: PCI/AGP Mach64 in slot 1:0:0 could not be detected! > > (EE) No devices detected. > > > > This is after installing the latest dri drivers under 4.2.1. > > Also, I have > > a VIA based mb & Athlon XP running 2.4.19. Could anyone give > > some pointers? > > > > Thanks! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xpert mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert > > > > _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
