Re: http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary ; was Re (3): Laptop with external display running X11.

2012-02-13 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:58:39 +0200, Andrei wrote in message <20120211175839.GM26251@think.nuvreauspam>: > On Sb, 11 feb 12, 16:20:09, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > > > There surely is a list of supported chipsets somewhere, but it > > > seems to me like this card is supported by > > > xserver-xorg

Re: http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary ; was Re (3): Laptop with external display running X11.

2012-02-11 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 11 feb 12, 16:20:09, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > There surely is a list of supported chipsets somewhere, but it seems > > to me like this card is supported by xserver-xorg-video-r128. See > > also the description of xserver-xorg-video-ati ;) > > ..my bet is on xserver-xorg-video-mach64. ;o

Re: http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary ; was Re (3): Laptop with external display running X11.

2012-02-11 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:18:26 +0200, Andrei wrote in message <2012021826.GG26251@think.nuvreauspam>: > On Jo, 09 feb 12, 19:55:48, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > > * From: deloptes > > * Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:25:16 +0100 > > > ... by installing the ati non-free. It's tricky but working we

Re: http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary ; was Re (3): Laptop with external display running X11.

2012-02-11 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Jo, 09 feb 12, 19:55:48, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > * From: deloptes > * Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:25:16 +0100 > > ... by installing the ati non-free. It's tricky but working well, > > I've configured many pc's and notebooks with ati ... > > In http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary#Su

http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary ; was Re (3): Laptop with external display running X11.

2012-02-09 Thread peasthope
* From: deloptes * Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:25:16 +0100 > ... by installing the ati non-free. It's tricky but working well, > I've configured many pc's and notebooks with ati ... In http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary#Supported_Devices the link for Squeeze lists many Mobility Rad

Re: Re (3): Laptop with external display running X11.

2011-12-01 Thread deloptes
peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > >> download and try ubuntu and write back > > Googling finds a wide variety of similar problems and some > solutions, in Ubuntu and elsewhere. Before more time is wasted > thrashing around, I'll happily test suggested edits of my xorg.conf. > > Thanks,

Re (3): Laptop with external display running X11.

2011-11-29 Thread peasthope
* From: deloptes * Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:01:45 +0100 > What really matters is what kind of video chip you have on the board. root@whiterock:~# lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev 02) > I mean you need xorg.conf w