[ltp] ATI driver

[Alex Deucher]

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:32:44 -0400, Xavier Gonzalez
<xavier.gonzalez@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
> 

xfree86 4.3 which shipped with FC1 did not have support for the 9600
mobility.  you can either try to force the chipid to that of another
r300-based chip, or upgrade to xorg 6.7 or 6.8.  An opensource 3D
driver is not yet supported.

Alex

> 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
> >
> >