I just can't manage to get my Radeon 7000 working in anything beyond 800x600 framebuffer. I've tried a few distros and none seem to work. The ATI Radeon Linux drivers start at the Radeon 8500. Any pointers?
I'm currently using PCLinux in what seems to be ALT mode w/ Framebuffer.
xorg.conf
Code:
# File generated by XFdrake (rev 41554)
# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************
Section "Files"
# font server independent of the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
# minimal fonts to allow X to run without xfs
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "en_US"
Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Plug'n Play"
ModelName "GATEWAY VX900"
HorizSync 30-95
VertRefresh 50-160
# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630
# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc."
BoardName "ATI Radeon"
Driver "fbdev"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1600x1200"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1600x1200"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1600x1200"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200"
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
Screen "screen1"
EndSection