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On 9/2/07, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Mark Knecht <markknecht <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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> > You need to discover with lspci what ATI controller is in the machine |
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> > and then check which ati-drivers packages support it. After doing that |
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> > you need to make sure that the ati-drivers package you have chosen |
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> > matches up with the kernel you are attempting to build/install. |
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> Well, I think you are on to something: on the dell lspci shows: |
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> 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7910 |
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> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7912 |
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> 00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7915 |
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> 00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7917 |
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> 00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA |
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> 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0) |
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> 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1) |
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> 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2) |
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> 00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3) |
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> 00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4) |
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> 00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) |
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> 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 SMBus (rev 14) |
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> <snip> |
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> googling produces this: |
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> Dell Inspiron 1721 is based on AMD ATI M690T chipset, Turion 64 X2 dual core |
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> processors with speeds from 1.8GHz to 2.2GHz, and ATI Mobility Radeon X1270 |
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> integrated graphics. |
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> so How/where do I read which chipsets are covered by which drivers? |
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I would personally visit the Phoronix forums, sign up and ask the |
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question there. Most likely a very helpful individual named Michael |
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will be able to tell you more about which driver revision, if any, |
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works with that Radeon. |
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Maybe a helpful Gentoo person can answer the question sooner but it |
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doesn't hurt to have a second opinion. He's very ATI knowledgeable and |
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don't have a strong ati-driver anti-bias like we run into here some |
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times. |
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On the other hand, why do you need the ati-driver package at all. Have |
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you considered just using the radeon driver in the kernel until you |
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get this machine up and running and then deal with this driver issue |
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later? That's my usual path to making a new ATI machine useful as |
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quickly as possible. |
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I run ati-drivers on some machine but prefer to stick with the kernel |
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driver when I Can. |
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Good luck whatever you do, |
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Mark |
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