--- Tim Currie <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi! > I've posted about this before, but since the message was > completely > ignored, I'm going to try again. I apologize for repeating myself, > but > I've spent the last month trying to solve this myself, to no avail. > > I've got a shiny new Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop with an ATI Radeon > Mobility 9000 (M10 I think; lspci reports 0x4e50), running Red Hat > 9.0. > I've managed to get XFree86 running with the VESA driver at > 1600x1200. > I've tried a number of things to get it to run in the native mode of > 1920x1200, but with no success. I've googled it to death and found a > variety of seemingly hopeful suggestions, none of which have helped. > Some of the things I've tried include: adding custom modelines in the > > display section and referencing them in the screen section; defining > new > modes; installing various custom radeon drivers (including one or > more > from Mike Harris' ftp); and screaming loudly at it (while this was, > admittedly, one of the less-effective solutions, it was more > satisfying > than any of the others). > > The proprietary ATI drivers don't work at all. They install fine, > but > when I attempt to start XFree86 the screen turns an unwholesome > blotchy > grey and the computer locks up tight. This, by the way, is the same > thing that happens whenever I try ANY radeon-specific driver, > regardless > of it's source. > > Thanks for any help you can offer, You may want to try a newer RPM, or a binary snapshot. mobility 9000 is actually M9. M10 is the mobility 9600, it's r300 based, so no opensource 3d. M9 has opensource 3d support. DRI snapshots are available here: http://dri.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/Download newer RPM's are available from redhat. Alex > > -Tim > > -- > Proprietary software is like petrified wood. It used to be alive, but > then it was fixed in time and put in a box. GNU/Linux software, in > contrast, is alive, always changing and improving. I love that it's > more a process than a product. > - Pamela Jones, groklaw.net > > > _______________________________________________ > xfree86-list mailing list > xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list > IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
