[ltp] Newbie video questions

[Hans Bostrom]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org 
> [mailto:linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org] On Behalf Of 
> Matt Graham
> Sent: den 29 augusti 2006 15:25
> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> Subject: Re: [ltp] Newbie video questions
> 
> On Tuesday 29 August 2006 08:19, after a long battle with technology, 
> funkydoctor wrote:
> > I would consider myself a Windows "power user",
> 
> Careful.  Most of the time, people who call themselves "power users" 
> really mean "I am a big PITA to tech support".

Warning received - although, in all fairness I only attempted to describe my
current level of computer literacy, which includes never having called tech
support on a Windows machine...  ;-)


> > Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper) on my old IBM Thinkpad A20p.
> > My first problem is, simply put, that I can't use Fn+F7 anymore.
> > The IBM Thinkpad A20p comes with the ATI Rage Mobility 128
> > graphics chip,
> 
> Put the line
> 
> Option "Display" "BIOS"
> 
> into your /etc/X11/xorg.conf 's Device section, restart X.  This has 
> been used for r128 cards for a long time.

Thanks, I'll try that as soon as I can.


> > as I understand it this chip is not supported by the ATI 
> proprietary 
> > driver (?). So is there (a reasonably simple) way to achieve 2D/3D 
> > hardware acceleration for my video card? 
> 
> You've already got 2D accel if you're using the r128 X module.  3D 
> acceleration requires building and loading the r128 kernel module and 
> probably agpgart, and probably making some changes to xorg.conf .  I 
> forget what those are; it's been a while since I've used my old 
> r128-equipped Thinkpad.  Whatever you do, it won't help that 
> much--the 
> r128 is not nearly as fast as newer cards.  HTH,

I'm sorry, I lost you there. How do I know if I'm using the r128 module
(I've only done a standard install of Ubuntu 6.06)?

Best,
Hans