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Offline saimoTopic starter

problems with ATi RADEON 9000 on A1-G4 XE
« on: May 06, 2003, 04:50:26 PM »
Hello everybody!

I don't know how many times this has been already discussed, but... I need your help!
I hope that someone who already stumbled over this can provide some useful info.

The story in short: yesterday I got my A1-G4 XE.
Hardware installation went perfectly OK, everything gets detected and used correctly - all but the ATi RADEON 9000.
I received the Debian distro and installed it following the Quickstart Guide (the few and little flaws in it caused no problem).
Everything worked perfectly.
Only that... the X server refuses to start!
I reconfigured xserver-xfree86 several times, but I did not manage to make it use the card properly.
I tried with the "ati" and "radeon" drivers, which cause the following messages when trying to start X:

 - ati driver

   (WW) PCI/APG can't find Mach64
   (EE) no device found

   [the first line may be slightly different... just off the top of my head]

- radeon driver

   (WW) Cannot open APM
   (WW) RADEON: No match in Device Section for instance
            (BusID PCI:1:0:1) found

   (EE) No device found

   [the second is absolutely false given that I set it to PCI1:0:0]

I did read that only XFree86 4.3 handles RADEON cards properly, but I also read that the A1 and the provided distro should support it to some extent.
Any idea?

Thanks in advance!
saimo
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Re: problems with ATi RADEON 9000 on A1-G4 XE
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2003, 05:05:17 PM »
Aren't you on the A1 dev list? That is the best place to ask for AmigaONE related problems. Contact your dealer if he hasn't added you yet.
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Offline saimoTopic starter

Re: problems with ATi RADEON 9000 on A1-G4 XE
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2003, 05:13:44 PM »
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Tickly wrote:
Aren't you on the A1 dev list?


no, I weren't...

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That is the best place to ask for AmigaONE related problems. Contact your dealer if he hasn't added you yet.


... but now I am since he just did it  ;-)

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Re: problems with ATi RADEON 9000 on A1-G4 XE
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2003, 05:15:00 PM »
My ever growing FAQ :-)

Yes, you need a more recent version of XFree than the one in Debian/stable.

A lot of people are already running this.

But why do you think you need a 9000? ;-)
 

Offline saimoTopic starter

Re: problems with ATi RADEON 9000 on A1-G4 XE
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2003, 05:51:51 PM »
The problem is that I don't have internet connection at home, otherwise I'd have already started the procedure indicated in the printed manual provided.

I need the 9000 because that's what I have  ;-)
Seriously speaking, I bought it for 90 E back in december, when I was told that the shipment of the mobos was not that far...

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Re: problems with ATi RADEON 9000 on A1-G4 XE
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2003, 07:23:46 PM »
Have you tried running it in frame buffer mode, then?
 

Offline saimoTopic starter

Re: problems with ATi RADEON 9000 on A1-G4 XE
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2003, 04:03:56 PM »
Yes.
But now I'm sure that I won't go anywhere until I install XFree86 4.3 .
I'm gonna download the packages from the site indicated in Vumbaca's guide, hoping they are not too large (I don't have net connection at home).

Regards,
saimo
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