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Mark Knecht <markknecht <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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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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> > 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. |
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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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Got vesa working. For now that good enough. I'll give the ati-drivers another |
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shot, once I read somewhere where this chips is covered by the ati-drivers: |
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01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 791f |
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It does not even show up in my favorite hardware index: |
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http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/hwdata/trunk/pcitable?rev=5 |
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James |
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