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Unfortunately, Radeons are not well supported.
... as open source drivers are non-existant. As far as video cards are concerned, your best bets are NVidia and Matrox. You can get linux support for the card however in two ways. First of all, use the VESA video driver in X11 instead of the Radeon driver. (change the driver line in
The second method is to use the binary drivers from Schneider-Digital.
To provide maximum compatibility, the driver is built partially from source. So you must follow these instructions in order to successfully install it. It shouldn't be too difficult as you have a recent version of Mandrake, so your kernel should be already ready to go, without need of patches. If you get stuck, this fellow has written a mini-HOWTO to help you along.
You aren't on your own... you have Slashdot!
Now stop repeat-posting your bitching and GET TO WORK, oh, and we would appreciate another mini-HOWTO documenting your effort so we have another model to work from, and we can learn from your mistakes. Your slashdot journal will suffice if you don't want to weaken the theme on your webpage. Thanks. -
Unfortunately, Radeons are not well supported.
... as open source drivers are non-existant. As far as video cards are concerned, your best bets are NVidia and Matrox. You can get linux support for the card however in two ways. First of all, use the VESA video driver in X11 instead of the Radeon driver. (change the driver line in
The second method is to use the binary drivers from Schneider-Digital.
To provide maximum compatibility, the driver is built partially from source. So you must follow these instructions in order to successfully install it. It shouldn't be too difficult as you have a recent version of Mandrake, so your kernel should be already ready to go, without need of patches. If you get stuck, this fellow has written a mini-HOWTO to help you along.
You aren't on your own... you have Slashdot!
Now stop repeat-posting your bitching and GET TO WORK, oh, and we would appreciate another mini-HOWTO documenting your effort so we have another model to work from, and we can learn from your mistakes. Your slashdot journal will suffice if you don't want to weaken the theme on your webpage. Thanks. -
Re:Don't buy unsupported hardware
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Re:possible answers?
Tried that; it failed to load. This was right after upgrading XFree86 from 4.2.0 to 4.3.0, and I still had the fglrx driver configured. I don't have the log file from that any more, but the error was something like "incorrect XFree86 version". I had to switch to XFree86's ati driver to get my display running again.
Fortunately, thanks to a previous poster, I found a Radeon 9700 driver for XFree86 4.3.0 (version 2.9.13) at http://www.schneider-digital.de/html/download_ati
. html. It works -- I can finally play Chromium again! -
What a bunch of reactionary crap ...Normally I don't post in threads like this, which mostly consist of every user with a functional keyboard doing his best to shout down everyone else.
I've read through this thread and read "ATI is great and you're a moron" and "ATI sucks and YOU'RE a moron"
Let's review:
ATI's website has been revamped. Completely replacing a website this large in place is, one would expect, nontrivial. We can expect a few glitches here and there. It's not like some guy at GeoCities unveiling his new "Pamela's Yummy Tits" website. It's certainly NOT worthy of this level of discussion (term used VERY loosely) when the simple fact is, as you're about to see, it's all about
After reading all about the horrors facing innocent Linux-using high-end Radeon owners, I did the unthinkable: before posting ANYthing I visited the site for myself. I know, I know, the ancient Greek method of simply thinking about something and then expounding on it rather than actually sullying ones' self by investigating
First I went here.
Then I clicked the big link called "DRIVERS". That brought me to here.
In the left pane I clicked "Graphic Driver". The pane to the right of that then presented an array of choices. I chose "Linux" and then from the pane just to the right of that I chose "RADEON 9700 PRO".
And what did I find after clicking the little red and quite intuitive "GO" button?
Driver Download and Installation
Before you start, please read these installation tips.
Download this driver bundle if you are having issues with your ATI product, including those mentioned in the "Fixed in this driver"
ATI Linux Driver Version 2.5.1:
Install the Driver Package for XFree 4.1.0 OR Install the Driver Package for XFree 4.2.0.
Xfree86 Version Driver Version
4.1.0 X4.1.0-2.5.1
4.2.0 X4.2.0-2.5.1
Posted: November 29, 2002
Released/Not Supported
Driver Release Notes (HTML)
This version supports only Linux/x86 versions based on libc 6.2.
To find out which library you have, download the script 'Check.sh' and run it.
This bundle contains the necessary files for any X86 version of Linux based on libc 6.2 (glibc 2.2)
Submit feedback on this driver to our ATI Linux Driver Feedback
Further Linux and XFree86 information on ATI products is available from the ATI website.
And there you go. Emergency over. After reading all the pure CRAP in this thread I must say it was a bit of a letdown.
And for those a bit braver, beta drivers for X 4.3 can be found HERE If you want to know what the deal is with these drivers (which are much newer than the ones on the main ATI site) just head over to HERE and you'll find lots of comments made by people who have (*gasp!*) actually USED the drivers instead of just making uninformed and mostly WRONG sweeping statements about them on Slashdot.
I apologize. I don't normally post things this mean-spirited but watching this thread unfold just kind of disgusted me. So many people ready to spout whatever bullshit pops into their minds, so FEW people who take a look at what's actually going on
Mod me down all you want. In this case I really, really very honestly don't care.
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Radeon Linux Drivers
The Radeon Linux Drivers were never supported. They released the FireGL Linux Drivers which work with Radeons (because they use the same chipset) but they never offered support for Radeon cards under Linux.
BTW the Xfree4.3 drivers do exist...
Checkout this link -
Re:This article is all wrong
Ah, thanks! Well, if you call that kind of information hiding suppport your demands are really on the geek end. Nice to have a driver, but why not give a slight hint somewhere on the ATI page that it does exist?
So, for the not so curious public, here is the head of the README file for the Fire GL X1, Fire GL Z1, Fire GL E1, Fire GL 8800, Fire GL 8700 LINUX X4.1.0 2.9.13 driver:
Graphics Accelerators:
ATI Radeon 8500, 9100, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800, M9, M9+, M10
ATI FireGL 8700, 8800, E1, X1, Z1 -
This article is all wrongGet your binary only ATI drivers right here:
http://www.schneider-digital.de/html/download_ati
. htmlATI's Alexander Stohr still works on these drivers (and is a lurker of the dri-devel mailing list.)
Lastly, why don't slashdot editors do some sort of background checking. What are they being paid for?
Sunny Dubey
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A couple of clarifications
The reason I don't know what kind of card I have is that, although I purchased a brand new, shrinkwrapped Radeon 9500 Pro retail box, I noticed that the card looked somewhat different from the OEM (I think Sapphire) 9500 Pro I'd used for a few days previously. Didn't think much of this until I started seeing indications in places like the XFree86 log that the card might be a 9700, instead of a 9500 Pro (I do realize the two cards both use the R300 NE chipset). Also, that Antalus flyby score is meaningfully higher than what Tom's Hardware found for 1280x1024x32 on a much faster system than my two-year old Athlon 1.4GHz. Haven't bothered to crack the case open again since, so until I do I'll happily enjoy the illusion that I somehow ended up with a 9700 for the price of a 9500 Pro.
The driver I use is a binary-only one from a German reseller. They appear to be betas of forthcoming versions of ATi's own drivers. As I have XFree86 4.3.0 this has been a great blessing, as ATi's own Web site only has drivers for XFree86 4.1 and 4.2. -
Re:ATI sucks
Try the release candidates at:
http://www.schneider-digital.de/html/download_ati. html
They work find with 4.3.0
And a little research on the NWN linux boards would have pointed you in the right direction.
Dinivin -
Re:I really don't have a big choice between the tw
You can get newer drivers from this site for XFree86 4.3
But you're right ATI really need to get their ass in gear. And still no TV out for a 9700 pro. -
Re:Yes, but...
Try this link -- they have later drivers, and they work quite well for me (though nVidia's offerings still are a lot more stable).
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