Re: Radeon 7500 PCI + RH7.3 problems

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>>>>> "MAH" == Mike A Harris <mharris@redhat.com> writes:

    MAH> All Radeon hardware chipsets are AGP.  The X server is
    MAH> reporting an AGP chip because a Radeon PCI is a PCI card with
    MAH> a Radeon AGP chip on it.  AGP is an extension of PCI.  When
    MAH> the chip is on a PCI card, the AGP features are merely
    MAH> nonexistant.  Note that it is the _exact_ same chip on a
    MAH> Radeon PCI or AGP card.  They are not distinguishable via PCI
    MAH> ID.

Ah, gotcha!

    MAH> Hard to say what the problem might be.  It's probably a
    MAH> generic driver timing issue with the specific display
    MAH> hardware you've got, or even driver generic.  If it is a
    MAH> driver bug however, it is most likely unfixable except by
    MAH> someone with the same video card, monitor/panel and ATI docs.

    MAH> You might find the xfree86@xfree86.org list to be more
    MAH> helpful as this is likely a generic XFree86 issue than one
    MAH> specific to Red Hat Linux.

Thanks Mike, I'll try that route.
-Barry



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