Long story short. It looks like ATI is no longer supporting their Radeon 7000 series under Linux. Recent updates result in the boot process freezing while going into X. I'm able to operate in text mode but get an error 104 (no valid modes) when I to start it manually. After trying various things like restoring a previously functional xorg.conf and searching Google for an entire afternoon for a solution, it looks like my only option (assuming I want to stay current) is a new video card.
Does anybody have a recommendation for something around the $50.00 range? IOW, what have people had success with in the past? I'd like an AGP card with TV out (yes I do the occasional video editing). From this months meeting I gather sticking with ATI is not advised in the short term. Itech suggests a GeForce5200 (AGP) card mainly for price.
Later Mike
Where you able to confirm anything official about ATI dropping Linux support for older cards? I don't believe this to be the case.
I have a Mobility Radeon 9600 which broke on the (previous) most recent ATI version but I assumed it was a bug that would be fixed in the next release.
Your email reminded me to have a look and sure enough there is a release on Feb 13 which I just installed and it works perfectly.
Not only does it fix the problem of X hanging at boot but it also fixed a resolution problem. My laptop display is back to the super-sharp resolution it used to be a few versions back.
However, there is still an annoying bug with the screen fade. When the screen saver kicks in it is supposed to slowly fade to black but it glitches instead. It causes no problems but it makes it look like the display is broken.
John
On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 19:14 -0600, Mike Pfaiffer wrote:
Long story short. It looks like ATI is no longer supporting their Radeon 7000 series under Linux. Recent updates result in the boot process freezing while going into X. I'm able to operate in text mode but get an error 104 (no valid modes) when I to start it manually. After trying various things like restoring a previously functional xorg.conf and searching Google for an entire afternoon for a solution, it looks like my only option (assuming I want to stay current) is a new video card.
Does anybody have a recommendation for something around the $50.00 range? IOW, what have people had success with in the past? I'd like an AGP card with TV out (yes I do the occasional video editing). From this months meeting I gather sticking with ATI is not advised in the short term. Itech suggests a GeForce5200 (AGP) card mainly for price.
Later Mike
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John Lange wrote:
Where you able to confirm anything official about ATI dropping Linux support for older cards? I don't believe this to be the case.
Went to the site to look for drivers. It was there under M$ but not under Linux. Newer versions of the Radeon were officially supported, just not the 7000.
I have a Mobility Radeon 9600 which broke on the (previous) most recent ATI version but I assumed it was a bug that would be fixed in the next release.
This was the case for me with the Edgy to Feisty transition. I was using a Gutsy beta until a couple of days ago. The full Gutsy (FC 8, Gentoo, and a few others) wouldn't work on my machine and stopped at the same point.
Your email reminded me to have a look and sure enough there is a release on Feb 13 which I just installed and it works perfectly.
Your card is newer than mine.
Not only does it fix the problem of X hanging at boot but it also fixed a resolution problem. My laptop display is back to the super-sharp resolution it used to be a few versions back.
Excellent.
However, there is still an annoying bug with the screen fade. When the screen saver kicks in it is supposed to slowly fade to black but it glitches instead. It causes no problems but it makes it look like the display is broken.
Interesting.
John
Later Mike
On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 19:14 -0600, Mike Pfaiffer wrote:
Long story short. It looks like ATI is no longer supporting their Radeon 7000 series under Linux. Recent updates result in the boot process freezing while going into X. I'm able to operate in text mode but get an error 104 (no valid modes) when I to start it manually. After trying various things like restoring a previously functional xorg.conf and searching Google for an entire afternoon for a solution, it looks like my only option (assuming I want to stay current) is a new video card.
Does anybody have a recommendation for something around the $50.00 range? IOW, what have people had success with in the past? I'd like an AGP card with TV out (yes I do the occasional video editing). From this months meeting I gather sticking with ATI is not advised in the short term. Itech suggests a GeForce5200 (AGP) card mainly for price.
Later Mike
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