OK, got Gentoo k-2.6.11-g-r4 installed & running from HD.
( And I *will* write a small how-to later if I can solve *this* bunch. )
Looks Nice! Powerful! 8D 8E) (smile with great, big, white, *donkey* teeth) But... .

Important now is ATI All-In-Wonder 9600 128MB AGP8x video card, and
Shuttle/nForce2-400-ultra-mcp mobo.
( Full hdw&c is at bottom in case someone wonders. )

I need *everything* on this video card to work. Everything. Period.
BUT!: TV-tuner-in & Vid-in & TV-Vid-out later; under Windows OK if must be. Later!
( But if someone already knows this **TOO**, *please* hop right in! )

It would take *Way* too much space to list everything I've tried so far... ... ... ... ..--> ( )

Tty's are still 80x25, & that's after a **LOT** of work. I really need this fixed too, but #1 is ::

Is there an Xorg / ATI-everything(else) driver available?
If not, is Xfree86 avail for the 2.6.11-gentoo-r4 kernel? (Since I know the ATI can be happy under Xfree86.)

**PLEASE** I need this solved; I'll keep reading & trying, but so far I am getting nowhere, **slowly**!

Thank you,
Robert G. Hays


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Hardware &c......:
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Shuttle AN35N 400 Ultra+MCP mobo w/nVidia nForce2 chip ~6 months old. Never gets over ~45c.

AMD XP 2700+, never gets over 51C, and that only once -- otherwise never over 47c.

NO over-/under- -clock/-voltage.

1GB Centon RAM, as 512+256+256. www.simmtester.com for 12 hours no errors, repeatedly.

Maxtor 30G hda. (Testing hd; will only work with 'real' 120G when all works RIGHT.)

ATI All-In-Wonder 9600 video 128MB, AGP8

Sound Blaster Live! Value PCI

3Com '3c59x' NIC, PCI

( On-board Realtek sound & nic both turned off. )

All BIOS parms set for precisely what I have. Precisely.
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Netgear RP114 (updated) router between nic & Westell modem to phone-co (bellsouth) DSL 1.5m/256k.
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Drive-parts:
1) 512M dos
2) 200M linux boot
3) ~5.5G Win98/f32
4) (extended)
5) 1G unused Linux (all-in-one)
6) 15M hidden dos
7) 15M dos
8) ~1G f32
9) ~1G f32
10) 1G swap
11) linux /, to end of drive; 20G.
grub in 2).
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Partitions & router are NOT negotiable!

I NEED correct ATI drivers to get *ALL* functionality avail on video card.
I NEED Win4Lin (for W98se under linux to solve native-mode issues).
I intend other things, but these two are NOT negotiable, or else I'll just have to keep running Wunnerful-Hic!-Winders98SE-HIC!!.

ATI stuff does work under X.org. Well, at least the FOSS driver does. Not sure about the proprietary ATI driver (which is probably your best bet for the features you need). Have you looked at http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ATI_Drivers ?

Thanks, Matir!,

I'll check that out in a few moments!

Thanks!

You will need to emerge these packages: "ati-drivers" and "opengl-update". Don't remember exactly, but I think they need Xorg to be updated. Anyway, portage will tell you if so.

Thennn.... You have to follow these instructions: http://odin.prohosting.com/wedge01/g...deon-faq.html. Pay a lot of attention to them, as you have to recompile the kernel without DRI support and you have to rename and edit your /etc/X11/XFree86 file, because the ati utility is out-dated.

Anyway, it is plenty of people complaining for the poor support that ATI provides to the Linux users, so I wish you LUCK!!

enemorales Thank you.

ati-drivers & opengl-update I did alredy know -- they are in the gentoo handbook and the 'page' re ati that LQ.o has.

prohosting I found today (thanks to another respondent on the gentoo lists)

But certainly thanks for all anyway!
Also, thanks for the 'LUCK'; I may need it yet in spite of my red cloak!

Thanks!,

Solved -- had to emerge unmerge & then emerge the ati drivers, all under the NEW kernel after I booted it.

See, I *TOLD* you to boot into runlevel 3 (text consoles only), didn't I?

Bye.