[ltp] driver fglrx on Thinkpad T41 with Ati 7500

[Konstantin Filtschew]

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Hi,


The Radeon Chip 7500 is not supported by fglrx. I have the same
problem :(

You have to use the open source driver: ati, radeon (both are the same
driver)


Greetz

Konstantin

On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 16:26 +0100, Guillermo Latorre wrote:
> =A1Hello everyone!
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> I use Ubuntu Dapper, recently upgraded, on my Thinkpad T41.=20
> I was using Breezy and no problems with 3D acceleration on my ATI Radeon
> 7500. When I installed Ubuntu, the card was succesfully installed by
> Ubuntu during the system installation process.=20
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> That systema was Breezy. Now I have upgraded to Ubuntu Dapper and I have
> lost the 3D acceleration.=20
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> I have read many manuals and "ATI and fglrx for 3D" How-to's  but I
> can't get it working.
> The problem is I can't start a X session with "fglrx" driver
> in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but it works prefect with "ati" and "radeon"
> drivers. The system tries to start X but it can't, and get a "no screens
> found" error.
> No screens found!!
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> I have installed linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-15-686,
> xserver-xorg-driver-ati and xorg-driver-fglrx.
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> When I try to insert the fglrx module, I get:
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> root@Will:/home/guille # modprobe fglrx
> FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/2.6.15-15-686/misc/fglrx.ko):
> No such device
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> I attach my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and the /var/log/Xorg.0.log that I
> get when I try to start gdm with the "Driver "fglrx"" activated.
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> Can you help me? =20
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> Thank you very much,
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> Guille
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