Will any ATI cards run on linux?

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Author: Bryce C
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Subject: Will any ATI cards run on linux?
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Here's an exert from my XF86Config-4 file:
Section "Device"
    Identifier  "ATI Radeon"
    VendorName  "Unknown"
    BoardName   "Unknown"
    Driver      "radeon"
#    VideoRam    32768
    # Clock lines



    # Uncomment following option if you see a big white block
    # instead of the cursor!
    #    Option      "sw_cursor"
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    Option      "AGPMode"  "1"
    Option      "DPMS"  "on"
EndSection


Try that and see if it works better. Also, I'm using the driver from
XFree86-4.2.0-10mdk if that makes any difference (probably). In
addition, I used Mandrake's XFDrake to configure it. Good luck.

On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 20:25, George Toft wrote:
> I just installed (today) a Radeon 7500 AGP 32MB and it sucked. Sax
> couldn't figure out what xserver to use, so it chose the framebuffer
> fbdev, and the refresh was horrid (gave me a headache). The video was
> really slow - I could watch it repaint the screen as I resized a window.
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> What did you do to get it working so well?
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> George
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> > My Radeon 7xxx AGP retail (not oem) works just great. Otherwise, you
> > wouldn't be seeing this as I would not be able to see what I was sendin=

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> > you, or even that you had asked. The only issue i've found is no
> > support for its tv-out and the machine completely locks up when I turn
> > anti-aliasing on in armagetron. I don't have any other games but get
> > decent frame rates, upwards of 500 on the still armagetron images and
> > 100 in play. Enjoy!
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> > On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 12:15, Mark Berkwitt wrote:
> > > Will any ATI cards run on linux?
> > > If so, which ones.
> > > I need to buy some cards for light gaming.
> > >
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> > Bryce Chidester
> > Network Administrator
> > CoBryce Communications
> > Bryce AT BryceCo DOT Net
> > http://www.bryceco.net
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