Does Mandrake support Radeon 9800?
I have an ATI Radeon 9800 and I just tried to intstall linux. The graphical install works fine, but afterwards when I log in I can't get in to graphical mode, even through the command prompt (I've tried typing KDE and startx). It just gives me a big log file that says Radeon 9800 many times.
Might this have something to do with some big problems I was having due to multiple partitions? Also, how do I shutdown? I know I can type reboot, but its annoying to do it that way. EDIT: I also see the graphical screen when booting up and rebooting, in case that help (confuses you more).:( Thanks ahead of time. More questions to come. |
You just haven't gotten X configured properly yet. There is a driver available if you didn't get the power pack (which would have configured it for you, it pays to buy the distro ;) )
Mandrake Linux Hardware Database # Configuring X Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO - video cards The Linux XFree86 HOWTO Configuring XFree86 for a Non-Specific Linux Distribution Common X configuring tools: Mandrake - XFdrake You may have one or more of these tools: XF86Setup XFree86 -configure Xconfigurator xf86cfg xf86config xconf ATI Linux drivers To shutdown command: shutdown -h now To re-boot command: shutdown -r now You see what is called "framebuffer" on boot up, which is an SVGA console actually. It is not X. |
You can shutdown by typing:
shutdown -h now that will do a shutdown right away and halt the system (even power off on some PCs!) shutdown -r -t 60 will do a shutdown after waiting 60 seconds and then reboot. do man shutdown for all of the gory details... :study: For the Radeon, check here for a driver. HTH! |
I have the exact same problem as Bork3
Bork3, I also have the EXACT same problem and I also have a Radeon 9800 (non-pro) with Mandrake 9.2. I tried getting the ATI Linux drivers, but they did not help, as the following error came up:
First of all, I entered: "lynx --dump http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/fg...3.2.8.i586.rpm > /tmp/atidriver.rpm" Then: "rpm -i /tmp/atidriver.rpm" And the error: "file /usr/X11R6/libGL.so.1.2 from install of fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8 conflicts with the file from package libxfree86-4.3-23mdk" Anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance. |
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