I had to ftp to the Xfree site and download 4.2 for my Rage 128 agp card. Have not had a problem with it at all. let me know if you want my config.
Larry On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 12:58, Michael Jinks wrote: > A group of my users have bought a big batch of Dell desktops with what > appears to be an ATI chipset soldered to the motherboard for video. > > My usual process for getting acquainted with new hardware is to start by > installing RedHat, archive /etc, install Debian, and then crib from the > RedHat /etc for those bits of hardware that Debian doesn't autodetect. > In the present case, RedHat puts this line in XF86Config-4 in the > "Device" section: > > Driver "r128" > > ...but that fails under Debian unless I change it to: > > Driver "vesa" > > ...but the graphics are pretty crummy, so I was hoping to give the ATI > driver a try. (On a lark I also tried 'Driver "ati"' but that also > failed.) > > >From a web search and a look through apt-cache, it seems that with the > 4.x series, individual drivers are no longer packaged separately from > the pain xserver distribution. So does this mean that ATI-specific > support isn't provided in Debian's build of XFree? Anybody have any > hints for what I can do? > > TIA, > -mrj > -- > # Michael Jinks, IB # JFI/MRSEC/EFI Computing # University of Chicago # > Reader! Think not that > technical information > ought not be called speech; -- Anonymous, "How to decrypt a DVD" > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Lorens Kulla [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
