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SubjectRe: ATI
On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, James Simmons said:
JS>On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Ferdinand Prantl wrote:
JS>
JS>> On Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 01:37:59AM -0800, Android wrote:
JS>> > Where should I go, or who should I ask in getting support
JS>> > for the ATI Rage Fury video card? XF86Setup does not list
JS>> > any compatible card in the Video Card section, and just
JS>> > hangs if I try to select any other video card. The Rage Fury
JS>> > is compatible with the XPert-128, but that card isn't listed, either.
JS>> > ATI's website (www.atitech.com) only offers support for
JS>> > Windows 9x and Windows NT - no Unix of any kind.
JS>>
JS>> If you don't want to use vesa framebuffer you can try SuSE X Server
JS>> (http://www.suse.de/en/support/xsuse/) for Rage 128 chip.
JS>> To have XF86Setup with its support you have to download SuSE
JS>> version from this page too. You can read about it there.
JS>> They're for SuSE 6.2 but should work with RedHats too.
JS>>
JS>> Besides, I tried it (Debian 2.1 - slink, glibc 2.0) and X Server
JS>> and also XF86 Setup hanged without saying anything. So I have to live
JS>> with framebuffer with annoying 60 Hz refresh :-(
JS>
JS> Their is ATI Rage 128 framebuffer driver in 2.3.26 now :)

Any way to apply that framebuffer driver to 2.2.12?

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