On Sam, 2002-12-14 at 19:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 12:06:30 -0500 > From: Kevin Brosius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I'm having a lot of trouble getting X to run on my Toshiba Satellite > > 1905-S301 laptop... > > Here's the culprit. You need a driver that supports this chipset. > > > (--) PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI unknown chipset (0x4c59) rev 0, Mem @ 0xf0000000/27, >0xe8000000/16, I/O @ 0x3000/8 > > Current xfree86 cvs identifies that chip as PCI_CHIP_RADEON_LY > >(http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/common/xf86PciInfo.h?rev=1.138&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup) > so may be usable on that machine. I don't know if the driver supports > though. > > Thank you very much. That's a big clue, although it also means that > I'm in big trouble... > > The drivers situation in this case appears to be pretty hopeless. The > chip is an ATI M6-P (Mobility). ATI does not give out or sell drivers > for it to the public (it directs users to the laptop's manufacturer, > which in the case of Toshiba is a dead end). > > I write to the list in the hope that the situation may be less bleak > than it looks from my (very ignorant) viewpoint. Is it possible to > find a Linux driver for this chip?
The M6 LY has been supported by XFree86 since 4.2.0, or am I missing something? -- 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
