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You do not need to build your own kernel. Just install the xorg driver
(apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx I believe) and change the Driver line
in /etc/X11/xorg.conf to read
Driver "fglrx"
This gets 2d working.
I have wrestled with ATI drivers for many years (since the debut of the
radeon line). As an early adopter of windows 2000, I had similar
headaches that I am now experiencing under linux. So the MS people
watching the list should not get too smug, this is a vendor issue more
than a platform issue. If nVidia can get it right, so can ati, they
simply choose not too. With windows it took the release of Windows XP
before the drivers started to improve.
It should also be noted that this machine is not all that stable under
Windows XP home (what it came with). Battery life is also poor under
windows.
D Bhardwaj wrote:
> Thanks Gustin. Right now, I am contemplating all the options. Some of the
> suggestions, eg kernel builds, are somewhat advanced for me. I have only done
> one, and that was part of a course. I will post again as soon as I make
> progress/step back.
>
> Dharam
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gustin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thursday, February 2, 2006 2:24 am
> Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Kubuntu breezy install
>
> FYI, in case I have not been clear, I also have the ati 200m GPU (as
> well as the ati IXP chipset on the motherboard). I do have a usable
> laptop (more than usable actually) using the fglrx xorg driver. I
> havenot built the kernel module (for system stability reasons) so
> 3d does
> not work.
>
> You can use the fglrx xorg driver that is packaged with Debian/KUBuntu
> (check apt-cache search fglrx for the package name) or the one from
> theati site (convienently packaged in a .deb here:
> http://www.stanchina.net/~flavio/debian/fglrx-installer.html)
>
> There is also an Acer Ferrari 3200 listed here:
> http://www.stanchina.net/~flavio/debian/fglrx-working.html
>
> Hendrik Schaink wrote:
>>>> I suggest you boot up your laptop using Knoppix. My new Toshiba (!)
>>>> laptop has an "ATi Radeon Xpress 200M" video card, in addition to
> ATi> USB, ATi IDE, in short, everything except pccard, firewire. I
> have been
>>>> battling with this laptop for a week now. I have it running -- with
>>>> hiccups -- Debian sid, i.e. unstable, but the emphasis is on
> unstable.>
>>>> The only way I could make make the video work was by using the
> "vesa"> xserver. Kubuntu, Suse did not provide a usable system.
> Also take a look
>>>> at what I found on while googling for solutions:
>>>>
>>>>
> http://www.google.ca/linux?hl=en&q=%22ati+technologies%22+5a31&btnG=Search&meta=>
>
>>>> HTH, Hendrik Schaink
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> D Bhardwaj wrote:
>>>>> Sorry for the delayed response.
>>>>> This is a new Compaq laptop, Turin64, ATI video.
>>>>> I tried Suse,Mandriva, Linspire,Ubuntu, Kubuntu.
>>>>> All resulted in unique problems. Linspire failed miserably. (x86
> versions not 64bit)
>>>>> I prefer to load Kubuntu if I can.
>>>>> I don't know if the store will take the machine back .
>>>>> Kubuntu - /etc/init.d/kdm restart responded with Stopping KDM,
> Starting KDM and back to text mode.
>>>>> On reboot,it started to 'hang' at the 'checking battery status'
> step. Had to hit power off/on.
>>>>> Should I just buy old/used hardware?
>>>>>
>>>>> Dharam
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Gustin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> Date: Sunday, January 22, 2006 1:25 pm
>>>>> Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Kubuntu breezy install
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Likely there is a problem with the video drivers. What video
> card are
>>>>> you running?
>>>>>
>>>>> What happens when you log in as root and then run:
>>>>> /etc/init.d/kdm restart
>>>>>
>>>>> D Bhardwaj wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The default install finishes in text mode for some odd reason.
> I
>>>>> tried 4 times using 2 different 'regular' iso's. Last year when
> I
>>>>> installed same, it defaulted to KDE at bootup.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dharam
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