On Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:18:26 +0200, Andrei wrote in message <20120211111826.GG26251@think.nuvreauspam>:
> On Jo, 09 feb 12, 19:55:48, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > > * From: deloptes <delop...@yahoo.com> > > * Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:25:16 +0100 > > > ... by installing the ati non-free. It's tricky but working well, > > > I've configured many pc's and notebooks with ati ... > > > > In http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary#Supported_Devices the link > > for Squeeze lists many Mobility Radeon adapters. Unfortunately > > none are here. > > > > root@whiterock:~# lspci | grep VGA > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage > > Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev 02) > > > > What is a Rage? > > Wikipedia helps in such cases > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATI_Rage#Mobility > > > > With nothing further to suggest whether this adapter is supported I > > resorted to empiricism. The instructions in > > http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary lead here. > > > > root@whiterock:~# modprobe -r radeon drm > > root@whiterock:~# aticonfig --initial > > aticonfig: No supported adapters detected > > > > Is this reliable evidence that the proprietary driver won't work > > for this adapter? > > > > If so, is purging packages fglrx-control and fglrx-driver enough > > to avoid any problems when another driver is tried? Any advice > > about leaving or removing the linux-headers package? > > > > What are the alternatives to ati proprietary? By decreasing > > preference xserver-xorg-video-ati, xserver-xorg-video-geode, > > xserver-xorg-video-vesa? > > > > Any point in trying xserver-xorg-video-radeon? > > There surely is a list of supported chipsets somewhere, but it seems > to me like this card is supported by xserver-xorg-video-r128. See > also the description of xserver-xorg-video-ati ;) ..my bet is on xserver-xorg-video-mach64. ;o) > > Kind regards, > Andrei -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- 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/20120211162009.6456d...@nb6.lan
