Hello Mike, Thanks for the information. I just finished to install the FedoRA TesT Release 3 and now, my ATI Radeon 9600 TX is recognized Good to know :-) Regards, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 7:02 PM Subject: Re: Newer ATI Radeon, ATI FireGL, and Nvidia GeForce/Quadrohardware support > On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Noreddine Allay wrote: > > >Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:31:27 +0200 > >From: Noreddine Allay <Juillet_Dix@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >Reply-To: xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="iso-8859-1" > >Subject: Re: Newer ATI Radeon, ATI FireGL, > > and Nvidia GeForce/Quadrohardware support > > > >Hello, > > > >Do you have already an idea for the driver for an ATI Radeon 9600 TX ? > >When I'm trying to do a startx, I receive the following message > > > >XFree86 Version 4.3.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.3.0-2) > ^^^^^^^ > > You are using the stock Red Hat Linux 9 XFree86 release, which > does not support any Radeon 9200/9600/9800 hardware at all, as > that hardware didn't exist prior to the release of Red Hat Linux > 9, and so XFree86 4.3.0-2 doesn't know it exists. > > My email message that you're replying to, was not discussing Red > Hat Linux 9 XFree86 support, but rather the absolute latest > developmental Red Hat XFree86 release which will be in the next > OS release "Fedora Core 1". The 9600TX is not yet supported I > don't believe, but I don't have one yet to test with so I can't > say for sure. If you re-read my entire message, you'll see that > I was requesting people to test this new XFree86 version and if > their Radeon hardware is still not supported, to report the PCI > ID and other relevant details to me. > > Reports of unsupported hardware using the 4.3.0-2 release are not > very useful because a lot of work has been done since then to > support a lot more hardware. I need to know if the newest > drivers are missing support for a given PCI ID. > > > >I tried to add on the /etc/X11/XF86Config the option > >ChipID "0x4150" > >But it is not compliant > > That's because 4.3.0-2 does not even support the 0x4150 chip > either. ;o) No Radeon 9200/9600/9800 chip is supported in > 4.3.0-2 at all. You can try forcing the driver to treat it as a > Radeon 9000 or 8500 and it might work, but it might not too. ;o) > > In order to add support for new chips, I need feedback from > people testing the _current_ rawhide XFree86, as that is > ultimately what will be released as erratum for Red Hat Linux 9 > in the very near future. > > > >Do I have to wait for a driver ? Is there a workaround ? > > The workaround is fake the PCI ID to one that is supported by > the XFree86 release you're using. That may or may not work, > because by definition - your chip is unsupported. The only way > it will actually work, is if the chip works very much the same > as the chip you tell the driver to fake it as. There are no > guarantees whatsoever that the ChipID directive will result in a > working driver though, as it is just a 100% hack. > > Install Fedora Core test3 and upgrade to the latest rawhide rpms, > and provide feedback on wether or not the card works - or > alternatively provide the PCI ID of the card, and I can look it > up in a jiffy. > > HTH, > TTYL > > > -- > Mike A. Harris > > > _______________________________________________ > xfree86-list mailing list > xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list > IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com > _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
