Re: ATI graphics card driver

[David Curry <dsccable@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

James McKenzie wrote:

> David Curry wrote:
>
> > Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> >
> > Your Thinkpad card may well be supported by Xorg drivers included in 
> > the FC3 distribution.
> >
> > See http://wiki.x.org/X11R6.8.0/doc/r128.html
> Just got around to looking at xorg.conf and the card in it is the Rage 
> 128 with r128 as the selected driver.  However, when I attempt to 
> compile in r128 support, I get a blank screen and have to boot up to 
> either a kernel with Radeon support built-in or I have to build r128 
> support as a module.  Does anyone have a working kernel with r128 
> support built-in or knows what I have to do to get a working kernel 
> with  r128 support built-into the kernel?
You should not need to take any extra steps to compile in support for an 
ATI r128 based video card when installing FC3 or FC2.  The card should 
be detected during installation of FC3 and the appropriate X.org driver 
installed.  My ATI Radeon 7000 video card was detected and appropriate 
support included along with the rest of FC2 when I installed the system 
from distribution CD isos.