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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Hey Guys,
  I think I'm real close.  I have a kernel supporting framebuffering running
and I've upgraded the RH6.1 installation to use XFree86 which supports the ATI
Mobility Video.  What I get on the LCD is an image that appears like the sweep
isn't quite right.  I get three images aligned in the horizontal direction.  Is
this my horizontal sweep rate not being correct?  Do you have any ideas on my
next steps?
  Thanks for your assistance so far,
  Art