On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 09:48 +0800, Bob wrote: > Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > >>>> Hello, > >>>> > >>>> I am running etch in an amd64 system with an ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 > >>>> (AGP) video card. The ATI driver from x.org doesn't work with this > >>>> card, after a small GUI activity, the screen freezes. I've reported > >>>> > > Have you tried in xorg.conf actually specifying the "radeon" driver > instead of "ati", it shouldn't make any difference but... > Driver "radeon" > have a look at the man page > http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man4/radeon.4.html > you can probably find a more appropriate version on your PC, there are > lodes of driver options, some of which are just there to overcome flaky > implementations, if you can get the OS drivers to work it's well worth > the effort, particularly now that ATI, in their infinite wisdom, have > dropped support for older radeon GPUs from fglrx. > http://airlied.livejournal.com/32819.html?view=66099#t66099 > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=735&num=9 > > Good luck. > 8< snip >8 > PS. I don't have the OP so sorry the threading is all messed up. > > -- > Garrr, do your bit for global warming, become a pirate, you can "borrow" my > copy of Windows 95 if you want. >
Bob, thank you very much for the advice. I will in this direction... regards Marcelo -- Marcelo Chiapparini DFT-IF/UERJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
