From: Keith W. <ke...@va...> - 2001-02-04 20:11:10
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John Tobin wrote: > > Gareth Hughes wrote: > > > > John Tobin wrote: > > > > > > I posted earlier about not getting my Radeon to work at all in Linux. I > > > have now gotten it to at least load the server. I have to have "Option > > > NoAccel" in my XF86Config though so I can't use DRI. If I don't have the > > > option selected X will hard lock the system. > > > My system configuration is as follows: > > > AMD Athlon 650 > > > FIC SD11 MB > > > AMD 751 Northbridge > > > VIA 686A Southbridge > > > 256MB PC100 SDRAM > > > 10 and 15 GB IDE HDDs > > > SB Live > > > ATI Radeon DDR 32MB > > > > Try, for instance, running it with acceleration but without the radeon > > kernel module loaded to force the DRI init to fail (if you haven't > > already done so). Is the 751 an Irongate chipset? Is this officially > > supported by the agpgart module? > > > > If you can get it to start, the next step will be to get it to start > > with basic 2D accel (no 3D). Let us know how you go. > > > > -- Gareth > > Yes the Irongate is the 751 chipset and it is supported by the agpgart > module. I did get it working in 2D but only by adding "Option NoAccel" > to my XF86Config. There are two distinct modes of acceleration -- with and without the dri enabled. It would be interesting to know if only one or if both lock your box. Keith |