Re: radeon and X: was X won't start: Resolved

2003-12-06 Thread Nick Hastings
Hi, * David Meiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031206 17:33]: > Mark, > > I laugh that you say it sounds geek. If anything, I am contra-geek, a > masters student in Theology with barely any technical know-how other > than how to slap a computer together. Oops, I think he meant to say "Greek" rather

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start: Resolved

2003-12-06 Thread hendrik
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 04:28:08PM -0600, David Meiser wrote: > Mark, > > I laugh that you say it sounds geek. If anything, I am contra-geek, a > masters student in Theology with barely any technical know-how other > than how to slap a computer together. He said greek, not geek. Being in theo

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start: Resolved

2003-12-05 Thread David Meiser
Mark, I laugh that you say it sounds geek.  If anything, I am contra-geek, a masters student in Theology with barely any technical know-how other than how to slap a computer together. Peace, DAVE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 21:19:37 -0600, David Meiser wrote: P

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start: Resolved

2003-12-05 Thread Mark Healey
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 21:19:37 -0600, David Meiser wrote: >Personally, "Give up" isn't in my vocab. Here's what you do (and what >worked for me on my Radeon 8500): >1) download/compile/install a 2.6.0 series kernel, modularizing the >Direct Rendering stuff for Radeon, and AGPGART, and whatever your

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start: Resolved

2003-12-04 Thread David Meiser
Mark, One thing I forgot to mention on this was that I am running unstable with XF86 4.3, though it should work with XF86 4.2, as well.  Also, I say use a 2.6 series kernel because the DRI and AGPGART stuff is already in there, no need to build more modules.  Yes, it's possible.  I've done it

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start: Resolved

2003-12-04 Thread David Meiser
Personally, "Give up" isn't in my vocab.  Here's what you do (and what worked for me on my Radeon 8500): 1) download/compile/install a 2.6.0 series kernel, modularizing the Direct Rendering stuff for Radeon, and AGPGART, and whatever your motherboard and processor specific setup is 2) Add agpga

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start: Resolved

2003-12-04 Thread Mark Healey
On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:31:52 -0800 (PST), Mark Healey wrote: >After asking about why my X won't start I got a couple of responses >indicating that it is probably the video driver. > >Appearantly: > >1)the vesa driver doesn't work well >2)the ones from ATI > A)are crap > B) intended for Man

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start

2003-12-01 Thread Erik Steffl
Mark Healey wrote: After asking about why my X won't start I got a couple of responses indicating that it is probably the video driver. Appearantly: 1)the vesa driver doesn't work well 2)the ones from ATI A)are crap B) intended for Mandrake c) available as binaries only 3)a dedicate

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start

2003-12-01 Thread Tom
On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 10:19:46AM +, Richard Kimber wrote: > On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:31:52 -0800 (PST) > "Mark Healey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2)the ones from ATI > > A)are crap > > B) intended for Mandrake > > c) available as binaries only > > 3)a dedicated debian one

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start

2003-12-01 Thread Richard Kimber
On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:31:52 -0800 (PST) "Mark Healey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2)the ones from ATI > A)are crap > B) intended for Mandrake > c) available as binaries only > 3)a dedicated debian one isn't available yet. Can it be used via alien? - Richard -- Richard Kimber ht

radeon and X: was X won't start

2003-12-01 Thread Mark Healey
After asking about why my X won't start I got a couple of responses indicating that it is probably the video driver. Appearantly: 1)the vesa driver doesn't work well 2)the ones from ATI A)are crap B) intended for Mandrake c) available as binaries only 3)a dedicated debian one isn't