On 2011-03-20, Andrew Wood <a....@me.com> wrote: > Why does Debian (Squeeze) not work well with ATI /AMD Radeon HD cards? > > I had to edit the /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms.conf in order to prevent the > fideo output being turned off during bootup but even then the graphics > performance is unusable. > > Im not sure what driver is being used as I dont know how to check but CentOS > on the same machine doesnt have any of these problems. Whats the difference? >
Probably the firmware. > Ive got a RadeonHD 4650 AGP card If you grep /var/log/syslog for 'firmware' you should see what firmware is requested and what is missing, if any. The firmware-linux-nonfree package (from the non-free repository) provides a lot of Radeon-related firmware. > > Regards > Andrew > > Sent from iPhone > > -- Liam O'Toole Cork, Ireland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnioc2ko.20h.liam.p.otoole@dipsy.tubbynet
