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[Str8bs <str8bslinux@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi wxl,
Not much help I know, but R500 appears to be well supported.
<http://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature>
VGACON is odd. Any chance an extra onboard GPU is getting detected?
lsmod show anything besides radeon like i915?
Does dmesg | grep -i drm show anything interesting?

Str8

On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 2:56 PM, ∅ <maps.backward@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> i think i just figured out the problem i've been having since quantal: kms only on radeon. fallback to vesa has meant all sorts of problems like completely corrupted video on return from suspend. i guess for whatever resaon my Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV515/M54 [Mobility Radeon X1400] [1002:7145] doesn't support it as:
> $ dmesg | grep "kernel modesetting"
> [    2.364231] [drm] VGACON disable radeon kernel modesetting.
> $ grep KMS /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> [    33.036] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported.
> so i guess i need to install catalyst. boo. this seems to be poorly documented on the ubuntu wiki. there's supposed to be this page:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/KernelModeSetting
> but it doesn't exist.
> anyone else have any insight or thoughts before i go and install this proprietary junk?
> wxl
>
> On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:24:23 -0500
> Str8bs <str8bslinux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Not sure if this is the proper list for this.
>>
>> Attached is my attempt at getting iMac G3's working with as few steps
>> and typing as possible. If anyone thinks it wiki worthy, please feel
>> free. I know some of it is in the PPC FAQ already.
>>
>> Also, X86 users with old cards hit by the removal of XAA
>> (Rage,SIS,Trident,etc.) may find this workaround easier than removing
>> the driver and falling back to Vesa.
>> Create simple /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>> ______________________________
>> Section "Device"
>> Identifier "AnyWordThatAmusesYou"
>> Option "NoAccel" "True"
>> EndSection
>> ______________________________
>>
>> BTW, my current "lowest spec success" running Lubuntu 13.04:
>> 1999 iMac G3 333 with a whopping 160 Meg of Ram.
>> Needless to say it is slow with that little ram, but it runs and can
>> browse the web. :)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Str8
>
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