Hello all,
I updated my gf2mx400 with a radeon 9200 (256mb ram) today & I tried installing ati's 3.7.6 drivers.
My monitor flickers during resolution switch & then the system crashes (damaging my modules.alias & XF86Config files at the same time ).
XF86 doesn't recognize my card, so I can't use it with X's drivers either, it works with vesa however & on windoze xp, so I guess my card is ok.

Distro: heavily modified LinuxFromScratch with glibc-2.3.3pre (20031202 - no ntml), gcc-3.3.3, XFree86-4.3.0.2 & kernels 2.6.4-grsec & vanilla 2.6.4.

Hardware specs : ASUS A7N8X/Deluxe mobo, Athlon XP 2500 etc.

Any suggestions ?

same problem.... same mobo not deluxe....ati 9600.... mandrake 9.2.....
looking for help? i can give towel for criing.
is there anybody in here who can explain how to update a driver from the console?
where to store the driver file to get it easy.
tell the proper command line to install?
i have x-free86:4.3.0 and core linux 2.4.18-23mdksmp 1686
thanks in advance i cry my tears off since two days

my 9800Pro crashes all the time with the ATI 3.7.x series drivers. Sometimes it just kills the application, sometimes it reboots the machine.

I'd revert to the old 3.2 driver if I still had it laying around...

i think ya just didn't get the driver to work properly.

for zen_guerrilla's issue.
First uninstall your nvidia driver if you installed anything extra for getting your card to work and don't wait. i saw the nvidia's dependencies problem will having you getting your radeon card to work.

i think you might want to try to get the latest driver from www.ati.com
then reconfigure your card. and see what it does.

here might be a good thread for all of you
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d&pagenumber=1

Thanx all for answering. Short answers :

- fafoimagne: I guess this towel might become handy .
- wintermute222: I'm gonna try 3.2.8 (w/ patches for 2.6.x kernels & AMD cpu's) later too. Although AFAIK 3.7.6 is 3.2.8 w/ the aforementioned patches...
- tricky_linux: It's a clean XF86 installation (note that the same XF86 works ok on my centrino lappy), I wiped nvidia's stuff completety. My problem surely isn't caused by agp, since I use 2.6.x & try disabling/enbling AGP8x in bios with the exact same results.

Anyway I'll work it out some more later & I'll post the results...

I still haven't figured out what causes the problem. I even installed xfree86-4.4.0 & debian sid on that box, but still the same.
With debian' s xf86 4.3.0 & my compiled 4.4.0 it works fine w/ dri & stuff (with radeon driver), however I need to use ati's binary drivers for tv-out support.
I upgraded to kernel 2.6.6-rc2-mm1, mobo's bios version is current.
Could anyone help me pls ?

ok i just give you a track: it seems that there is a problem with the module of agp gart. the current agp-gart is useless for our problem. it is not handling radeon!!!! so you have to install module agp-nvidia (cause motherboard chipset) and start again drivers of ati and then module fglrx.
i was unable to solve because of lake of time.
go to see
http://forum.hardware.fr/hardwarefr/...et-34010-1.htm
good luck

zen_guerrilla, I got the same problem. I'll keep an eye on this thread. Hopefully, someone knows how to fix it.
If I find a solution, I'll post it here also.

Badut: Do you have the same motherboard & video card ? I was starting to worry if there' s a problem w/ my hardware (altough windoze & xf86-4.4.0 work fine on this box).
Also, I've sent an e-mail to ATI too, but I haven't got an answer so far (and - to be honest - I don't expect to ).

I have a similar Mobo (ASUS A7N8X-X)
My video card is a Sapphire Radeon 9200SE 128Mb
My CPU is also an Athlon XP 2500
I'm running Fedora Core 1
So our systems are comparable.
I'll spend some time on this over the weekend if I can.
Hopefully one of us will find the answer soon. Good luck

Edit:
BTW: if you run your system without installing the ATI drivers, what fps do you get in glxgears?
I get around 63fps full screen 1024*768

I also get around 16fps in chromium with full detail.
You should get a bit higher cause your card is better