Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-27 Thread Michael Jinks
On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 07:52:55AM +0100, Peter Whysall wrote: > > I've had success using this mirror: > > deb ftp://ftp.nlc.no/pub/debian/x4.2 sid/$(ARCH)/ I get the same error there; "no such file or directory" for the package listing. I think it's not a mirror problem so much as ignorance on

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-27 Thread Peter Whysall
On Thu, 2002-06-27 at 00:29, Michael Jinks wrote: > On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 11:15:05AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > > > If you're on the verge of doing 2, it might be better to help test > > Branden's 4.2 packages. Mirrors are listed here: > > > > > > http://www.debianplanet.org/article.php?

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-26 Thread Michael Jinks
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 11:15:05AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > If you're on the verge of doing 2, it might be better to help test > Branden's 4.2 packages. Mirrors are listed here: > > http://www.debianplanet.org/article.php?sid=696&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 Trying to do this and running

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-26 Thread Omen Wild
Quoting Omen Wild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, Jun 26 12:13: > [ snip ] > I just cannot use the DRM 4.1 kernel driver for the Rage > 128 or X locks up. Now that I think about it, using the kernel 4.1 > driver with X 4.2 seems like it could be a bad idea... [ snip ] Hmmm, talking to myself again.

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-26 Thread Omen Wild
Quoting Michael Jinks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, Jun 26 10:42: > > > 2. Download the binary distribution of XFree86 4.2 and install this over > > your Debian install. I'm jumping in a little late in this discussion, but I just solved this problem on the Dell Optiplex GX240 with a ATI Technologies

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-26 Thread Michael Jinks
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 10:22:36AM +0100, Peter Whysall wrote: > > I have one of these on my desk at work, it's running Sid/Windows XP. The ATI > card is a strange Rage 128 Ultra TF, which isn't even listed on ATI's web > site. I'm guessing that it's an OEM Spesh for Dell. Figures... > 1. use th

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-26 Thread Peter Whysall
Colin Watson writes: On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 10:22:36AM +0100, Peter Whysall wrote: You have two options. 1. use the "vesa" driver and live with extremely shonky video performance. 2. Download the binary distribution of XFree86 4.2 and install this over your Debian install. If you're on the

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-26 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 10:22:36AM +0100, Peter Whysall wrote: > You have two options. > > 1. use the "vesa" driver and live with extremely shonky video performance. > 2. Download the binary distribution of XFree86 4.2 and install this over > your Debian install. If you're on the verge of doing 2

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-26 Thread Peter Whysall
- Original Message - From: "Michael Jinks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Helgi ?rn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Carlos Sousa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Debian User List" Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 11:59 PM Subject: Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFr

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-26 Thread Ernst-Magne Vindal
On Wed, 2002-06-26 at 01:01, Michael Jinks wrote: OK I have this in my XF86Config-4 file, on ibm x20 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Generic Video Card" Driver "ati" Option "UseFBDev" "true" EndSection Section "Monitor"

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-25 Thread Michael Jinks
On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 07:35:01PM +0200, Ernst-Magne Vindal wrote: > > I don't know if you are running laptop or not, but I have two different > laptops (an old compac armada and a new ibm thinkpadx20) with ati rage > mobility and x4.1 and -2 with no problems. I also have a stationary, but > as "

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-25 Thread Michael Jinks
On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 05:41:43PM +0200, Helgi ?rn wrote: > > > Is this on a laptop too? In Michaels case I think it was a laptop. FYI no, it's a Dell Optiplex GX240. Mini desktop, video on the motherboard. -mrj -- # Michael Jinks, IB # JFI/MRSEC/EFI Computing # University of Chicago #

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-25 Thread Michael Jinks
On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 07:00:14PM -0500, Steven A. Reisman wrote: > On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 06:24:59PM -0500, Michael Jinks wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 08:41:06PM +0200, Helgi ?rn Helgason wrote: > > > > > > Section "Device" > > > Identifier "Ati Rage 128" > > > VideoRam81

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-22 Thread Ernst-Magne Vindal
On Sat, 2002-06-22 at 22:26, Walter Reed wrote: OK Didn't know that Ati Rage Mobility was a mach64 chip, so that's interesting info. Anyway, I have it successfully used it at both woody and sid, and the current installation on the x20 is woody, with a few sid packages :) /ernst > On Sat, Jun 22

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-22 Thread Walter Reed
On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 07:35:01PM +0200, Ernst-Magne Vindal wrote: > On Sat, 2002-06-22 at 17:41, Helgi Örn wrote: > > Hi > I don't know if you are running laptop or not, but I have two different > laptops (an old compac armada and a new ibm thinkpadx20) with ati rage > mobility and x4.1 and -2 w

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-22 Thread Ernst-Magne Vindal
On Sat, 2002-06-22 at 17:41, Helgi Örn wrote: Hi I don't know if you are running laptop or not, but I have two different laptops (an old compac armada and a new ibm thinkpadx20) with ati rage mobility and x4.1 and -2 with no problems. I also have a stationary, but as "Driver" I use "ati" not r128.

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-22 Thread Helgi Örn
On Sat, 2002-06-22 at 13:47, Carlos Sousa wrote: > I have a similar problem with my ATI Rage 128 card, there's no way to > make it work automatically with the r128 X driver (XFree 4.1.0). > > I googled the net and found a suggestion to use a ChipID line. My config > looks like this: > >Secti

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-22 Thread Lorens Kulla
I had to ftp to the Xfree site and download 4.2 for my Rage 128 agp card. Have not had a problem with it at all. let me know if you want my config. Larry On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 12:58, Michael Jinks wrote: > A group of my users have bought a big batch of Dell desktops with what > appears to be an A

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-22 Thread Carlos Sousa
On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 18:24:59 -0500 Michael Jinks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 08:41:06PM +0200, Helgi ?rn Helgason wrote: > > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Ati Rage 128" > > VideoRam8192 > > Driver "r128" > > Option "dp

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-21 Thread Marc Barnett
On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 11:58:22AM -0500, Michael Jinks wrote: > My usual process for getting acquainted with new hardware is to start by > installing RedHat, archive /etc, install Debian, and then crib from the > RedHat /etc for those bits of hardware that Debian doesn't autodetect. > In the prese

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-21 Thread Helgi Örn
On Sat, 2002-06-22 at 01:24, Michael Jinks wrote: > Hm. Nope, still crashes; output from X server is attached in case it > helps. Looks to me like it's seeing my hardware and then dying anyway > for some reason but I don't see anything that looks like a complaint > before the final "No devices de

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-21 Thread Michael Jinks
On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 08:41:06PM +0200, Helgi ?rn Helgason wrote: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Ati Rage 128" > VideoRam8192 > Driver "r128" > Option "dpms" > EndSection Hm. Nope, still crashes; output from X server is attached in cas

Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-21 Thread Helgi Örn Helgason
On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 18:58, Michael Jinks wrote: [snip] > Driver "r128" > > ...but that fails under Debian unless I change it to: > > Driver "vesa" > [snip] > Hi Michael! I'm running this chip on a Gateway stationary box, it took a while to tweak it in Woody

ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1

2002-06-21 Thread Michael Jinks
A group of my users have bought a big batch of Dell desktops with what appears to be an ATI chipset soldered to the motherboard for video. My usual process for getting acquainted with new hardware is to start by installing RedHat, archive /etc, install Debian, and then crib from the RedHat /etc