From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ISIsF-0005Ym-VL for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:50:20 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l83KghSN021177; Mon, 3 Sep 2007 20:42:43 GMT Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.236]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l83KbqNl015036 for ; Mon, 3 Sep 2007 20:37:53 GMT Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so877165nze for ; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:37:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Vn4rDjBTAmUlHjdod+ITIqnoTTOeNani9TjFl5QONiIpuGtspZxprrW2frXoAYRrYjzaPCRXpQkG11ZzH3BgqNNw6rmv0Jnjf0I5gDmknaqiDTkWszZjEGcuCBRpFvD8LP6fQ5SSaxt4K2ERytWnnkXpKHw0Lgr4Z08nNMucQHI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=pJFlNzAlCrOonkWgfjT7UmBykB7KQUJshL1ZqMIY9/Pp4ffF50/7bvr7KH3IKa4HdH7m2dMZ3kye7cGsDQiJkJfWBa8HH9Kr4WkfA1AeOLmpoZ2ATAggPkTdOeBxRqUeNtMCje/kIJQCdg7h+f/E6nw/z1bJVCZnygmbls/FjQc= Received: by 10.114.137.2 with SMTP id k2mr112609wad.1188851871633; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:37:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.115.78.10 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Sep 2007 13:37:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b0709031337h27d3436bj73d85146ccc4b4c4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 13:37:51 -0700 From: "Mark Knecht" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ati-drivers In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <5bdc1c8b0709021749g792960c1lcb840b4a56b6e4c0@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b0709021834g6e40aca0w3bf86aa660d4c974@mail.gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: db718bce-69bf-4461-9b5a-b73514128945 X-Archives-Hash: 1991fe570d44cbc7945a813f84afa76f On 9/3/07, James wrote: > Mark Knecht gmail.com> writes: > > > > > > > Dell Inspiron 1721 is based on AMD ATI M690T chipset, Turion 64 X2 dual core > > > processors with speeds from 1.8GHz to 2.2GHz, and ATI Mobility Radeon X1270 > > > > > so How/where do I read which chipsets are covered by which drivers? > > > I would personally visit the Phoronix forums, sign up and ask the > > question there. > > > > On the other hand, why do you need the ati-driver package at all. Have > > you considered just using the radeon driver in the kernel until you > > get this machine up and running and then deal with this driver issue > > later? That's my usual path to making a new ATI machine useful as > > quickly as possible. > > > Got vesa working. For now that good enough. I'll give the ati-drivers another > shot, once I read somewhere where this chips is covered by the ati-drivers Glad for that much. Now the machine is usable. that's a good first step. > > > 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 791f > > It does not even show up in my favorite hardware index: > http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/hwdata/trunk/pcitable?rev=5 > I suspect that ATI has integrated an existing VGA core into a new chipset. sometimes it takes Linux quite awhile to catch up on this sort of issue. I had a Compaq laptop a couple of years ago with a new chipset. It was probably 4 months before I could even attempt to turn on DMA on my hard drives. The machine was very slow for quite a while. It will get worked out. Look for a reasonable location to post some info on the chipset. Note that the Linux kernel guys won't really help with this as they don't like drivers that taint the kernel. I use ATI drivers when I have to, like on my Myth frontend machines, but I stick with the radeon driver if I want any real support. Good luck, Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list