Compaq evo N160 & ATI Mobility Radeon?!?!?!

TheShemeta · 11-03-2003, 05:27 PM

Hey folks,

Where can i find the driver for my video card & how can i install it. i ckecked my XF86Config file & it shows that i use some VESA card with only 4MB.
so i would like to install the drivers for my ATi Mobility Radeon.
any ideas & tipps? i would really appreciate it!

Thanks a lot,
TheShemeta

finegan · 11-03-2003, 08:04 PM

The XFree86 ATI driver should be onboard. If you're running a stock Slackware install, X wasn't actually configured for you at all like the other distros, Patrick just includes a base, uber generic XF86Config file that should work with about 95% of the monitor/card combos out there on modern hardware.

backup your current /etc/X11/XF86Config file and then run:

X -configure

to create a new one. The output on the screen will tell you how to test it. To escape the test, ctrl+alt+backspace. If that looked good, copy it over to /etc/X11/XF86Config and edit in some resolution settings, like:

Code:

        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     1
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     4
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     8
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     15
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1024x768"
                ViewPort 0 0
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Cheers,

Finegan

hulkt · 11-03-2003, 08:10 PM

i run a mdk 9.2 on a notebook with a ATI radeon mobility. vga was recognized and installed properly. works great!

TheShemeta · 11-04-2003, 02:03 AM

the X -configure command doesn't work for me? is there something else i can try? My monitor & screen section is ok, but the video driver is different than the one i use.
that's the problem!

thanks for the post!

finegan · 11-04-2003, 09:23 PM

Hand edit the XF86Config file and just change "vesa" to "ati".

Cheers,

Finegan

TheShemeta · 11-05-2003, 12:12 AM

i tried that but with no luck, then X doesn't want to start. i will try again & let you know how it went.

thanks guys

hulkt · 11-05-2003, 05:03 AM

try with another distro cos if u start with display troubles... where will it lead u?

finegan · 11-06-2003, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TheShemeta
the X -configure command doesn't work for me? is there something else i can try? My monitor & screen section is ok, but the video driver is different than the one i use.
that's the problem!

thanks for the post!

X -configure can only be run as root, and from the command line, before starting X. What didn't work? Its by far the easiest way to configure X, by basically letting X do it itself. There's also:

/usr/X11/bin/xf86config

If you want to configure X using a text based walk-through script.

Cheers,

Finegan