> On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Gerry Doris wrote: > >>>>I changed the video card in a RH 8.0 system from an old Nvidia tnt2 >>>> card to an ATI Radeon 9000. kudzu noticed when I powered up and >>>> made the appropriate changes for the new card. >>>> >>>>I can get into X windows ok but the mouse is totally erratic. Any >>>> attempt to move the cursor results in it jumping around the screen. >>>> It's totally unusable. >>>> >>>>Any ideas on how to fix this? >>> >>> Well, Radeon 9x00 is totally unsupported, so it is using the >>> "vesa" driver by default in hopes that the video card's BIOS will >>> provide working 2D only support. If it isn't working, then >>> there's not much you can do about it other than look for a BIOS >>> update for now, or wait until Radeon 9x00 support is made >>> available. >>> >>> I've got Radeon 9x00 patches I've been testing, and will be >>> making rpm's available soon for others to test also. >>> >>> No estimated time of arrival however. I'll announce it here when it >>> is ready. >> > Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris > OS Systems Engineer > XFree86 maintainer > Red Hat Inc. Wow, I hadn't realized just how slow the vesa drivers actually are. Even an old voodoo2 card running the Nvidia drivers is stunning fast compared to the vesa driver! I was watching the chess screen saver running with the vesa drivers last night...kinda makes watching paint drying into a spectator sport by comparison!!! Also, when I grab a window and drag it around it doesn't move cleanly. I have a series of "after images" that clean up once I stop dragging. That never happened before. I hope your 9x00 patches will be ready for prime time real soon now! Gerry -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
