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Old 02-12-2009, 02:58 PM   #1
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Thumbs down Driver for ATI Rage


Hi folks,

upgarded my laptop to Slack 12.2. Unfortunately I did not keep a copy of my old xorg.conf file.

After starting x I find my max display for my monitor is 1024 x 768 at 61Hz. No problem I thought, so I ran xorgsetup. Again unfortunately I got only 800 x 600 out of that.

On to the forum I read the posts about the ATI drivers. Went to the ATI/AMD drivers page but was unable to find my card listed there.

Card is a ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev02)

http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html
 
Old 02-12-2009, 03:48 PM   #2
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Use the open source ati driver.
Code:
Section "Device"
    Identifier  "My Device"
    Driver      "ati"
EndSection
 
Old 02-12-2009, 04:24 PM   #3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by guanx View Post
Use the open source ati driver.
Code:
Section "Device"
    Identifier  "My Device"
    Driver      "ati"
EndSection
Tried that and no change still getting top "1024x768" at 60Hz.

According to google search the refresh rate of

http://www.shahidhussain.com/blog/?p=12

Ironically xorgsetup picked up the correct device and set the driver as "r128", which you would expect as correct.
 
Old 02-12-2009, 09:26 PM   #4
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CRT or LCD? If your monitor uses CRT, look at its back. There should be a plate showing its ratings. Record the horizontal and vertical sync ranges.
 
Old 02-17-2009, 11:25 PM   #5
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r128 is the right driver... I have the same graphics chip in my old dell inspiron 5000e. I get better speed at 16 bit than 24 bit.
Quote:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "r128"
VendorName "All"
BoardName "All"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
 
Old 02-18-2009, 04:18 PM   #6
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Thanks folks, reverting back to Slack 12 on this old laptop. Already have 12.1 running on my desktop, which I only installed weeks before 12.2 was released. The old laptop I am using for nothing spectacular.

muaythaimaster74, speed was okay and I got 1024 x 768 at depth 24. Thanks for the advice anyway. Installing Slack 12 now.
 
  


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