[ltp] Re: ATI Rage Mobility - M

[Tom Allison]

I triend upgrading from potato to woody.

'X -configure' didn't take.
How else would I begin installing/configurion X4.0?

George Staikos writes:

> On Wednesday 28 February 2001 12:07, you wrote:
> > Sorry if this is a FAQ I have just joined the list.
> >
> > I have installed Debian (Potato) on my new Thinkpad i Series and have
> > hit a wall with X. The graphic card is not listed. There are very
> > similar ones but not - M type.
> >
> > Do I need to upgrade to a new version of X (4.0?) for a driver?
> 
>    Check out http://www.staikos.on.ca/~staikos/tp1460/ for help with that.  
> XF86 4.0 works well with it.  XF86 3.3.6's Mach64 server does _not_ work with 
> this chipset as originally shipped.  We developed a patch which you can 
> obtain at that url.  (or a precompiled binary if you wish).  
>    
> On another note, I've got a portion of the work done towards getting the 
> SVIDEO out port working in Linux.  I have the sequence figured out for 
> activating it in dos with a tiny assembler program.  It's just a matter of 
> porting to the driver to linux now (which is not easy in this case....).  
> I'll post a message here when it's ready.
> 
> Oh and DVD playing with the Rage Mobility M chipset is getting there.  You 
> can download a driver called ati.2 from www.linuxvideo.org and it will 
> provide Xv extensions for the Mobility M under XF86 4.02.   Combine this with 
> Xine and libcss and you can actually watch movies on the i series in X 
> (fullscreen, with sound).  Video skips a bit but is still watchable.  Audio 
> works perfectly.
> 
> -- 
> 
> George Staikos
> 
> 
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