[NBLUG/talk] Radeon Video..

[Christopher Wagner]

Even though no one replied, just wanted to follow-up and say that I
solved the problem..

Downloading ATI's Linux driver, running it, then executing fglrxconfig
and stepping through that seems to have worked for now.  Though I'm
still working out a few small bugs with dual-head support.

- Chris

Christopher Wagner wrote:

>Ok folks..  I'm setting up a system at home running Ubuntu Hoary.  I've
>got myself a Radeon 9800 Pro (R350) video card in this machine.  I'm
>running the 2.6.10-5-686-smp kernel package and have installed the
>matching headers and such (but not the full kernel source).
>
>I'm essentially wanted accelerated graphics support, 'cause all the GL
>screensavers run slowly.  I downloaded the fglrx packages and changed
>the driver in my X configuration to 'fglrx' from 'ati'.  Then I
>restarted the X server and rejoiced as my secondary output became live.
>
>I saw something in the ATI documentation that suggest there might be
>some kind of conflict with agpgart?  Does anyone know anything about
>this and know what steps I should take?  I can probably puzzle this out
>myself, but wanted to bounce this off the list before I start mucking
>things up.
>
>On a mostly unrelated note, I'd like to say that Ubuntu really kicks
>ass. :)  I think it's the farthest Linux has come into making a truly
>user-friendly experience.  It still needs some work but it's very basic
>and easy-to-use as one would expect from Gnome, but with some excellent
>streamlining of system configuration.
>
>- Chris
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