Ati radeon 9200 and slacko 5.7.0

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Ati radeon 9200 and slacko 5.7.0

#1 Post by 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
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#2 Post by 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?
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#3 Post by 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)
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#4 Post by Semme »

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

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..
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#5 Post by 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.
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#6 Post by Semme »

Before any further replies >> What did the "Video Upgrade Wizard" have to say about your card?
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#7 Post by georg1 »

It say's

sorry a package for your card and kernel does not exist in database
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#8 Post by 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.
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#9 Post by georg1 »

I dont load devx and kernel yet. gimme 15 min OK.
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#10 Post by 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
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#11 Post by 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 :wink: and follow directions.
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#12 Post by 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 ?
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#13 Post by 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.
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#14 Post by 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.

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#15 Post by 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..
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#16 Post by 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
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#17 Post by Semme »

Uno momento Compadre..
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#18 Post by georg1 »

Si certo, Io prendi ancora un malrboro :)
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#19 Post by 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
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I got that fglrx-install folder and files, but if do same in root folder I dont
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#20 Post by 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!
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