13 Dec
2008
13 Dec
'08
3:57 p.m.
Am Samstag, den 13.12.2008, 12:22 -0600 schrieb Peter Finnegan:
On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 17:59 +0100, Matthias Schönborn
wrote:
I tried envy, but without success. So, seems I've got to switch to Suse
or wait an unknown time till a driver is working on linux-rt... Well,
maybe I'll just play my guitar.
Matthias
I hadn't got the time to do some music on my
ubuntu machine the last few
months, but yesterday I wanted to boot the rt-kernel on my machine. To
my surprise, I only got a resolution of 800x600. I used to have the
proprietary driver from ati.com installed; Though this one doesn't work
on the Linux-rt kernel (no 3D acceleration), I used to get the desired
resolution of 1400x1050. To regain this resolution, I tried several
xorf.conf files, using "ati", "fglrx" and "vesa" as driver,
but none
worked. (In the process of doing so, I somehow even managed to screw up
my Internet configuration on the main kernel (d'oh), so I'm actually
writing this on 800x600... ) So my question is: Is there actually
someone on this list, who is able to boot Linux-rt on his ubuntu
machine, using an ati x700 mobility? I'd really appreciate any
suggestions, more so working xorg.conf files and verified driver
numbers.
Greetings from Euskirchen
Matthias
I have found that fglrx + RT = great frustration. I Have a mobility
x1400 on my thinkpad. However I have gotten it to work.
1. Have you tried using the packaging from the envy project? I tried
ubuntu for a little while when Hardy came out and at that time the envy
packages had gotten the driver to work with the ubuntu rt kernel.
http://www.albertomilone.com/envyngfaq.html#A Apparently, it is in the
Universe repo now.
2. I am currently using opensuse 11 with jenglh's kernel and I have
been building the driver from ati.com. I found that there were some
modifications the studio 64 forms that got the kernel module to build
right. http://64studio.com/node/150 (see sydb's post dated 12-23-2007)
They involve extracting the driver and then changing the license line on
a couple of files, and then building a package. I also have realized
that this does not give me the right to gripe if it hoses my
kernel/system on a realtime kernel. So far, I have had reasonable
success with this configuration.
I am looking forward the the work on the ati and radeonhd driver so I
don't have to mess with fglrx anymore.
Best wishes
PF