Re: ATI RAGE Mobility Chip

[David Royer <David D Royer-1 tc umn edu>]

Art,

I think I saw some of the same things you are seeing.  I played around with 
different resolutions (Ctrl-Alt-[plus] and Ctrl-Alt-[Minus]).  The defaults 
for my LCD were higher than the default enabled on the config file provided 
on the link I gave you (I run 1400x1050 and I think I was seeing strange 
stuff at lower res, like 1280x1024).  If playing around with the resolution 
doesn't work, my next guess would be the clock frequencies.  I have no idea 
what they should be for your system though.

FWIW...Linux Mandrake ships with a frame-buffer kernel on the standard 
CD.  That's what I used.  Mandrake is based on a RedHat install but it's 
recompiled to be optimized for pentium and higher processors.  You may want 
to give it a try some time.



At 10:34 PM 2/14/00 -0500, you wrote:
> 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
>
>
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