[opensuse] Armada M700 SuSE-10.1 display problem
Was there an answer to this mail (in september)? Because I have exactly the same problem. Original mail: Hi, I'm new to Linux. I just installed suse 10.1 on my old laptop, Armada M700 and found the display problem. It's like the top part of the screen is shown at the bottom. I tried to change the resolution, monitor and frequency around but couldn't get it to work. The VGA card is ATI 3D Rage P/M Moility AGP 2x. -- Alain Barthélemy cassandre@bartydeux.be http://www.bartydeux.be Linux User #315631 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 18:46 +0100, Alain Barthélemy wrote:
Hi, I'm new to Linux. I just installed suse 10.1 on my old laptop, Armada M700 and found the display problem. It's like the top part of the screen is shown at the bottom. I tried to change the resolution, monitor and frequency around but couldn't get it to work. The VGA card is ATI 3D Rage P/M Moility AGP 2x.
Which driver are you using? Even though it says "Rage Mobility" it is actually a Mach64 (at least it was on my m700), which can be problematic in Linux. If I remember correctly I used the r128 driver. However, that was SUSE 9.3, and I see in 10.1 there is a r128 and r128old in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers - not sure what the difference is. Either ways, if you really want to make it work very nicely, try to get GATOS drivers going. Again, I'm not sure what the current situation is, but a couple of years ago that was the only way to get those cards to function 100%, especially if you had the All-In-Wonder models. Hans -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hello ! Hans du Plooy wrote:
On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 18:46 +0100, Alain Barthélemy wrote:
Hi, I'm new to Linux. I just installed suse 10.1 on my old laptop, Armada M700 and found the display problem. It's like the top part of the screen is shown at the bottom. I tried to change the resolution, monitor and frequency around but couldn't get it to work. The VGA card is ATI 3D Rage P/M Moility AGP 2x.
Which driver are you using? Even though it says "Rage Mobility" it is actually a Mach64 (at least it was on my m700), which can be problematic in Linux. If I remember correctly I used the r128 driver. However, that was SUSE 9.3, and I see in 10.1 there is a r128 and r128old in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers - not sure what the difference is.
Either ways, if you really want to make it work very nicely, try to get GATOS drivers going. Again, I'm not sure what the current situation is, but a couple of years ago that was the only way to get those cards to function 100%, especially if you had the All-In-Wonder models.
In addition I would advise to try either fbdev or vesa X11 drivers to get the system running in principal before doing the experiments with r128/r128old. Using fbdev or vesa drivers might not result in a system with a high graphics speed but should bring at least a right display screen. It is also a good idea to backup each state of the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf (with useful names ...). Thus you can fall back a before working setting. -- Never give up ! Best regards / Gruß, Reinhard. "Software is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 26 November 2006 11:41, Reinhard Gimbel wrote:
Hello !
Hans du Plooy wrote:
On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 18:46 +0100, Alain Barthélemy wrote:
Hi, I'm new to Linux. I just installed suse 10.1 on my old laptop, Armada M700 and found the display problem. It's like the top part of the screen is shown at the bottom. I tried to change the resolution, monitor and frequency around but couldn't get it to work. The VGA card is ATI 3D Rage P/M Moility AGP 2x.
Which driver are you using? Even though it says "Rage Mobility" it is actually a Mach64 (at least it was on my m700), which can be problematic in Linux. If I remember correctly I used the r128 driver. However, that was SUSE 9.3, and I see in 10.1 there is a r128 and r128old in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers - not sure what the difference is.
Either ways, if you really want to make it work very nicely, try to get GATOS drivers going. Again, I'm not sure what the current situation is, but a couple of years ago that was the only way to get those cards to function 100%, especially if you had the All-In-Wonder models.
In addition I would advise to try either fbdev or vesa X11 drivers to get the system running in principal before doing the experiments with r128/r128old.
Using fbdev or vesa drivers might not result in a system with a high graphics speed but should bring at least a right display screen.
It is also a good idea to backup each state of the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf (with useful names ...). Thus you can fall back a before working setting. -- Never give up !
Best regards / Gruß, Reinhard.
"Software is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open."
One of the things I like to do with older systems is use a Knoppix live boot disk and see how the system responds. If the display works, I copy the configuration files for X to whatever distro I want to install. This usually works. Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
in Linux. If I remember correctly I used the r128 driver. I'm actually not sure now. I think it was the "ati" driver. If I remember correctly the problem was precisely that it didn't work
On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 20:06 +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote: properly with the r128 driver. Hans -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Nov 25, 06 20:06:32 +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote:
On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 18:46 +0100, Alain Barthélemy wrote:
Hi, I'm new to Linux. I just installed suse 10.1 on my old laptop, Armada M700 and found the display problem. It's like the top part of the screen is shown at the bottom. I tried to change the resolution, monitor and frequency around but couldn't get it to work. The VGA card is ATI 3D Rage P/M Moility AGP 2x.
Which driver are you using? Even though it says "Rage Mobility" it is actually a Mach64 (at least it was on my m700), which can be problematic in Linux. If I remember correctly I used the r128 driver. However,
Sad but true (about Mach64). The issue is that approximately noone
upstream is interested in these old cards anymore :-(
So yes, there could be some regression.
fbdev should work, if a graphical console is working.
CU
Matthias
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