x86_64 and Radeon 9600

[Jason Reicheneker]

"vesa" worked for me.  Thanks for the tip.  When I tried to use 
"radeon", the Fedora Core splash screen was displayed but none of the 
modules would load.

I changed the runlevel from 3 to 5 in /etc/inittab and it now starts X 
automatically on boot.

Joe Cooper wrote:

> You'll likely be able to use "vesa" in the interim (and that's why 
> graphics worked during the installation--it uses a simple vesa driver 
> for the graphical install).  I have the same hardware (almost 
> exactly), but with a Radeon 9200...the video card is detected but it 
> goes black when I try to use the radeon drive, and only a reboot can 
> bring it back to life.  Anyway, vesa works for me, though it is 
> tragically slow at 1600x1400.
>
> I would be curious why the radeon driver (which works fine on my 
> Athlon XP at home with the same card) fails on my x86_64 box at the 
> office, though.
>
> Jason Reicheneker wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to install Fedora Core 1 x86_64 and it says it cannot 
>> recognize my monitor or video card, even though it outputs to the 
>> display.  The install switches to text mode and finishes 
>> successfully.  After rebooting, Linux starts at the command line.  
>> I'm not sure how to get it to recognize my hardware and start X.  Is 
>> anyone else having this problem, what can I do to fix it?
>>
>> Here's my system setup:
>> ASUS K8V Deluxe
>> AMD 64 3200
>> 60GB IDE Hard Drive
>> 2x 250GB SATA RAID 0
>> 1GB DDR400 RAM
>> ATI Radeon 9600SE
>> KDS Visual Sensations 21" monitor
>> USB Mouse
>> PS/2 Keyboard
>
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