ati driver takes over...

Mig21 · 07-07-2005, 10:15 PM

it's not my computer that did this, someone i know...

we installed the ati drivers we downloaded from the ati website. didn't help.

then we did an lspci and see what we got:

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5833 (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5838
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4347 (rev 01)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4348 (rev 01)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4345 (rev 01)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc ATI SMBus (rev 18)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4349
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 434c
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4342
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5834
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation: Unknown device 9202 (rev 40)

it is funny because it's not my computer

has anyone seen this before? how did you handle it?

i told the guy to try suse because i think it comes with the ati drivers so it's more likely to work. does it actually come with them?

thanks

NomadX · 07-07-2005, 11:48 PM

Hi,

Sounds like you or your friend didnt configure the driver after you installed them... run the fglrxconfig and tell it whats what... I've heard folks say that you have to reboot so it can load kernel modules but I didnt have to... perhaps they had a source release at one time that folks used, since I could only find .rpm's on ATI's website I wouldnt know about it...

Anyways that's not very helpful I realize but it's your second question I can answer.. Yes and no

.. Suse 9.3 comes with drivers for ATI cards but they dont support 3D Accel, so either way you'll been needing the ATI drivers, or the DRI drivers if ATI doesnt support that particular card for linux....

good luck,
doc

Mig21 · 07-08-2005, 12:34 AM

suse doesn't have an rpm for an easy download? i've been assured that it's much easier in suse then in slackware, but that was a suse fan talking....