[lug] ATI Radeon Video Card

[Fred Robinson]

Ken,
Thanks for the response!  Actually I received a tip to use ctrl-alt-F1 to
toggle between X and the command line, doing this I was able to login and
quit X.  I'm continuing to work on the X problems with Xconfigurator.  As
far as my card being old, ATI Radeo is a 2000/2001 model so I would suspect
it would be compatible with 4.0/4.1?  Do you know which Red Hat version
shipped with 3.3.6?  The ATI Radeon is not in the list of supported video
cards in the Red Hat 7.1 distribution so if 3.3.6 is in 7.1 I'm not sure
which video driver to use?

Fred Robinson
Sr. Systems Engineer
SandCherry networks
http://www.sandcherry.com/
2845 Wilderness Pl.
Boulder, CO 80301
720.272.5201
frobinson at sandcherry.com 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Weinert [mailto:mc at morat.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 5:30 AM
To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
Subject: Re: [lug] ATI Radeon Video Card


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It could very well be a problem with the X server - I know that for an older

card I have I had to regress to the 3.3.6 X server as the 4.0/4.1 server 
didn't work on my card - and I had exactly the same problems with random 
geometric stuff on my screen as you.

BTW: as long as you don't fat finger the keys, you can still type blindly 
when you switch to a console screen. It all works OK (ie kb input isn't 
hosed) you just can't see what's going on.

On Monday 07 Jan 2002 11:39, you wrote:
> Questions:
> I'm having difficulty getting X Windows, GNOME desktop, to launch after
> installing KRUD 7.2.  I've installed 7.1 and 7.2 approximately 8 times at
> this point, trying different combinations of ATI Radeon video cards in the
> list and differing the RAM settings.  In Linux installations in
generations
> past this was a problem with refresh rates, etc., but those parameters
were
> configurable in the old installation.  Any suggestions on how to tune my
> ATI Radeon card outside of the installation process?
>
> Perhaps someone could provide me with a kill instruction to exit X (when
> X/GNOME fails the system stalls and I'm left with a geometric helter
> skelter colored screen) and configure X from the command line?  It's been
a
> while since I've experienced this behavior, but again in generations past
> when X failed you were returned to text/command mode.
>
> Or, even better, if someone has successfully installed the AT Radeon and
> can advise how they did it, with 7.1 or 7.2, that would be sweet!
>
>
> Fred Robinson
> Sr. Systems Engineer
> SandCherry networks
> http://www.sandcherry.com/
> 2845 Wilderness Pl.
> Boulder, CO 80301
> 720.272.5201
> frobinson at sandcherry.com
>
> http://www.ext.colostate.edu/psel/ps0004a.html
>
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