Re: ati X300 support?

[Chris Bergeron <chris@pcburn.com>]

Alistair John Strachan wrote:

> On Tuesday 27 December 2005 15:57, Gerhard Mack wrote:
>  
>
> > I have it working in X.org with no problem.  I just can't get the drm
> > module working in the kernel.  Last time I tried to just add my PCI ids
> > the problem was a lack of PCIE support in the drm drivers.
> >    
>
> I'd try again, I have a vague memory of reading a changelog a few releases ago 
> that mentioned PCIe support in radeon-drm.
>
>  
>
> > FYI the fglrx drivers suck badly.  ATI hasn't bothered to keep their
> > drivers up to date at all and the result is that they finally have
> > working 2.6.14 drivers but only for 32 bit machines.  x86_64 is still
> > broken on any recent kernel and it's been that way for months.  ATI's tech
> > support basically gave up after several days and just informed me it
> > wasn't really supported and there is nothing they could do for me.
> >    
>
> You're better off running open source drivers anyway, it's less hassle, you 
> don't have to worry about every kernel upgrade breaking them, and it's only 
> an X300 anyway -- on my Mobility 9600, I just play a few small games and 
> expect OpenGL accelerated applications to work properly.
>
> If your goals are similar, they're probably achievable with mainline.
>
>  

The DRI project only supports up to the Radeon 9200 unless I missed an 
update and their page is outdated.  Check the DRI ATI page for details.

http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ATI

Now.. the fglrx driver supposedly supports the X300, but if ATI won't 
support you on it that doesn't mean much, I guess. 

-- Chris
Editor, PCBurn.com
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