Re: ATI RAGE Mobility Chip

[Art Ross <aross donet com>]

David Royer wrote:

> Art,
>
> My Dell Inspiron has this chip.  The newest version of XFree86 (3.3.6)
> supports the chip.  The only distribution (as of last weekend) that I could
> find with this in an RPM was Mandrake 7.0.
>
> I was able to get things working using the new version of x and  running a
> kernel with framebuffer support (and support turned on in lilo).
>
> I would suggest you take a look
> at:  http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~steveh/inspiron/.  It helped me.  It's
> mainly directed at the Dell Inspiron but you can probably find some info
> that would help you there.
>
> Dave Royer
>
> At 10:18 PM 2/9/00 -0500, Art Ross wrote:
> >I'm trying to get RH 6.0 installed on a Gateway Solo 2150 which uses the
> >ATI RAGE Mobility video system.  Does anyone have some insight on this
> >video system or know where there might be some X server updates for this
> >system?
> >   Regards,
> >   Art
> >
> >
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Dave,
I've been working with your suggestions and have not seen success yet.  I've
used method #1 and #2 from the link you provided but still cannot get it to
work.  Now I'm going to use the updated kernel which supports framebuffering at
the link with the XFree86 3.3.6 that is now available in RedHat 6.2beta.  This
is your suggestion but apparently this has just come out after our email.
exchange.
  Have you heard if the kernel in the RH6.2beta supports framebuffering since
the newer version of XFree86 3.3.6 is in this distribution?
  Thanks for all the help.  I'm learning much more but success still seems to
be elusive.
  Art