Haralambos Geortgilakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Peter, > > some Debianista's gets it a going with the ATI drivers & some not.... > > Surf thru this lists archive
Didn't find anything in recent months anyway concerning the 9000. > or have a look at the forums @ .... > > http://www.rage3d.com/ > > Personally, after much coffee, conjecture & cursing, I got my Radeon 128meg > Pro up, with drivers from.... > > http://dri.sourceforge.net/ Interesting, but they don't state that it supports the 9000 Pro (It stops at 8500/R200). You have a 9000 Pro? This works with XFree 4.2.1? Thanks! > >My brother gave me a 128MB Radeon 9000 Pro for Christmas to replace my > >aging 8MB Matrox G200. Does anyone here have one? > > > >For drivers, ATI distributes a binary RPM package here: > > > > http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html > > > > which says: "Fixed in this driver: > > > > * fglrxconfig program lists Radeon 9000 Pro and 9500 Pro." > > > >Has anyone tried it? Did you simply use `alien' to convert the RPM > >package? > > > >I hear that the card will be supported under XFree 4.3, due out soon > >(except I'll have to wait for Debian packages, or figure out which > >binaries to drop in place). > > > >I also found this: > > http://home.t-online.de/home/hburde/linux.html > >which says "The simple, 2nd solution is to fake a Radeon 8500 which is > >supported and compatible with the Radeon 9000." and provides a > >XF86Config file 'driver section'. > > > >I'm reluctant to pull-out my old Matrox until I know the new card will > >work. > > > >Thanks for any advice! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
