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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: saimo on May 06, 2003, 04:50:26 PM
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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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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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Tickly wrote:
Aren't you on the A1 dev list?
no, I weren't...
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 ;-)
Regards,
saimo
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My ever growing FAQ :-) (http://www.samfundet.no/~olegil/amiga/)
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? ;-)
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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...
Regards,
saimo
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Have you tried running it in frame buffer mode, then?
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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