Ati radeon 9200 and slacko 5.7.0

[georg1]

Hi again, got radeon 9200 video card, and I cant find any drivers, now card work but I want 3D acceleration, and that will not work without drivers.

So is any solution like getnvidia program or how I can install prop driver from ati site, is .run extension.

thank you

[Semme]

Doesn't their support page auto-detect your card? No? You should be able to find it if they have one.

What's Pup call your card in hardinfo?

[georg1]

Hi. No autodetection not work /3D video wizard show me cant find that card.

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VGA compatible controller	ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Display controller	ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (Secondary) (rev 01)

[Semme]

Yah, I see.. Win only. And you'd think they offer and online version for us Nix users..

If Slacko isn't offering one in video upgrade, I sure you can find it manually because it'll be easier for YOU to punch in the numbers.

Desktop? Notebook? There's a bunch of choices there..

[georg1]

Yes is desktop, and drivers is here, I just dont know how to install that, I try same card and PC with Lubuntu and ubuntu but 9200 is not suported in that distros, so catalyst will not work and 3D either


Because I try puppy again and maybe (HOPE) will success somehow.

so basicly I must download that file to /mnt and extract there but do that from terminal is hard for me, I dont know commands.

[Semme]

Before any further replies >> What did the "Video Upgrade Wizard" have to say about your card?

[georg1]

It say's

sorry a package for your card and kernel does not exist in database

[Semme]

OK, well.. to me, nothing in the release notes appeared to be an issue.

The driver itself does have a rather *old* date --considering..

The install page looks straightforward enough.

You're running a savefile with room in /mnt/home?

How about the devx, and possibly the kernel src.. loaded?

I'm gonna assume the kernel src is a good idea.

For drivers, it's usually mandatory.

[georg1]

I dont load devx and kernel yet. gimme 15 min OK.

[georg1]

oo god I cant find kernel 3.10.32 lost bookmark I think

EDIT Got now http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/di ... ko_PAE.sfs

[Semme]

PAE kernel, right? OK, I see. They have the MUCH smaller headers pkg too if you were on a slow connection.

@ any rate, when these two are loaded, go into the directory where you saved the ATI installer.

Do the above with ROX. Once there, rt-clk and select "window" >> terminal here.

Run these one @ a time to get started:

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chmod a+x ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run
./ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run

I see no reason you can't have their page opened for reference..

Just take your time and follow directions.

[georg1]

Hi I got fast internet 40/20 but problem is little slow PC on what I install that.

I got loaded both devx and kernel

now im gona try

what you mean with this "Do the above with ROX. Once there, rt-clk and select "window" >> terminal here. " how I can get this ROX ?

[Semme]

@ the end, remember too:

• Exit to close the driver installer.
• Launch a terminal and run /usr/X11R6/bin/aticonfig --initial to configure the driver.
• Reboot.

[georg1]

Aha I got it now, too fast reading

I do all but wont me open aticonfig file, and I dont even see that file in that folder ?

even if I go to prompt and run that ./usr/X11R6/bin/aticonfig --initial there got same result.

[Semme]

It didn't work because the install stopped after it couldn't detect the X server version.

Hmm, not sure about that old driver script anyway??

You'll have to relax for a moment. What I'd do is get myself a REAL terminal, not that lousy Urxvt garbage.

In PPM you can grab Sakura. Copy'n paste is MUCH easier for novices..

[georg1]

Uff that sakura rulz cuz in original console I lose my mind, can not copy nothing from console reversed go.

Okay im goin to smoke pause brb

[Semme]

Uno momento Compadre..

[georg1]

Si certo, Io prendi ancora un malrboro

[georg1]

I move installer file to /tmp/test2 run both commands and get this

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# cd /tmp/test2
# chmod a+x ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run
# ./ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run
Creating directory fglrx-install
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.28.8.................................................Extraction failed.
.Signal caught, cleaning up
#

I got that fglrx-install folder and files, but if do same in root folder I dont

[Semme]

That doesn't matter. There were a set of --help cmds to get to that screenshot I left.

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./ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run --extract test1 --keep

Anywho, after investigating potential options, I'm confident this outdated driver is NOT the way to go.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver

I'm thinking *mesa* or xserver-xorg-video-ati for 3D, though I don't know enough to suggest you follow through with either.

What I do suggest is take the advice offered in the first link, or be patient for someone more knowledgeable.

When I ran --listpkg, here's what I got:

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Package Maintainer(s): Aric Cyr <acyr@gmail.com>
Status: Verified
Ubuntu Packages:
	Ubuntu/warty
	Ubuntu/4.10
	Ubuntu/hoary
	Ubuntu/5.04
	Ubuntu/breezy
	Ubuntu/5.10
	Ubuntu/dapper
	Ubuntu/6.06
	Ubuntu/edgy
	Ubuntu/6.10

This suckers DATED!