On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 08:07, Florian Thiel wrote: > On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 01:35:47PM +0200, Juergen Stuber wrote: > > Oleg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > I've installed Debian on half a dozen different machines, and configuring X > > > has always been the greatest pain. Currently, I'm trying to do this on a > > > Fujitsu Lifebook E-7110 laptop that has an ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 card > > > (32MB) and an LCD that can do up to 1400x1050 @ 60 Hz. > > > > > > When I tried installing Mandrake 9.0 just for kicks, it configured X without > > > even asking me any questions (I should have probably saved its XF86Config-4 > > > for reference, but I didn't). Now with Debian on the same machine instead, I > > > spent all night trying to get ANY graphics to work. WTF? > > > > AFAIK you need XFree 4.2, which is in unstable. > > Yes. The Radeon drivers are only in 4.2. You could use apt's pinning > feature (worked for me; I use testing). > >
Is there a difference between this and the "ati" driver that I am told will work with ATI radeon 7500 cards under X4.1.0? How does this differ from the radeon_drv.o driver I also have on my system (woody with X4.1.0)? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
