[ltp] ATI driver

[Xavier Gonzalez]

Sorry for intermitting; however, it seems that perhaps you could help
me with a little problem. I have T42 2378 FVU with ATI Mobility Radeon
9600. FC1 sets the video card driver to be a generic one called VESA
(or something of the sort), and I try to set it up to ATI Mobility
Radeon 9600 but it is not listed with in the different cards in FC1.
They have ATI M R 7500, and ATI Radeon 9600, but ATI M R 9600 is not
listed.

I have actually seen a listing of ATI Radeon 9M, but I do not know if
the M stands for mobility or what. I actually tried to look through
the files in linux-thinkpad.org archive but I could not find a
definite answer. I also tried finding a driver from ATI and was
redirected to the IBM website and then circled back around to ATI to
not find anything specific.

I might have missed a link or something. Any clues?, thoughts?

appreciate it,

--Xavier


On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:31:17 -0400, Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 05:28:51 -0500, Jeffrey L. Taylor
> <jeff.taylor@ieee.org> wrote:
> > Quoting IEEE alias <jeff.taylor@ieee.org>:
> > > Quoting Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com>:
> > > > On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:45:43 +0100, Nick Bower <nick@nickbower.com> wrote:
> > > > > Could you clarify how you managed this Robert?  I have a new T42 w/7500
> > > > > and have DRI enabled, AGPMode=4, etc etc and only get the following with
> > > > > xfree86 4.3 and radeon driver (mandrake 10):
> > > > >
> > > > > 3523 frames in 5.0 seconds = 704.600 FPS
> > > > > 3577 frames in 5.0 seconds = 715.400 FPS
> > > > > 3570 frames in 5.0 seconds = 714.000 FPS
> > > > > 3578 frames in 5.0 seconds = 715.600 FPS
> > > >
> > > > that seems reasonable for a 7500.  it's r100 based after all.  things to note:
> > > > - some laptops use slower ram or a 32 bit wide memory bus
> > > > - xfree86 4.3 is old.  a newer xorg may yield moderate speed improvements
> > > > - enabling page flipping can help performance
> > > >
> > >
> > > T41 w/ 7500 card, SuSE 9.2beta3 w/ X.org 6.8.1, radeon driver, default
> > > AGPMode (i.e., not specified).  I get just under 1200fps w/ 3D
> > > acceleration enabled.  Around 250-300fps without 3D accel.
> > >
> >
> > However, the display is corrupt after a suspend to swap/resume cycle.
> > *Sigh*  Back to no 3D accel.  I'd rather have the fast power up/down
> > times.
> >
> 
> if you are using acpi, you'll need to change VT's before suspending.
> Also there was a bug in the driver that didn't set the FB location
> properly on resume.  that has been fixed in xorg cvs.
> 
> Alex
> 
> >
> >
> > Jeffrey
> 
> 
> >
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