What distro supports, or will work with my 9600Pro


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I am wondering which distro of Linux will work with my Radeon 9600Pro. Mandrake 9.2 won't work for me, nor will Debian, but Knoppix will! But yea, thats a live eval. disc, so that isn't much help.

Anyway, I'm a newb for the most part when it comes to Linux, I don't know my way around the command. Been using Linux off an on for the past couple years, but haven't really gotten into it as much as I would like, mostly because by the time they support my hardware, i have newer stuff which isn't supported. And my second rig is down, so I can't use that with my GeForce2MX400. Dual-boot would be nice for now.

Anyway, what do you recomend?

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Latest drivers are here

http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/r...ductsLINUXdrive

They support

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Graphics Accelerators:

ATI Radeon 8500, 9100, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800,

ATI Mobility 9000, 9600

ATI FireGL 8700, 8800, E1, E2, X1, X2, Z1, T2

ATI Mobility FireGL T2

Video Driver for Linux:

Driver Version 4.1.0-3.7.0

Driver Version 4.2.0-3.7.0

Driver Version 4.3.0-3.7.0

fglrx-glc22-4.1.0-3.7.0.i386.rpm

- Driver package for ix86 systems with libc6.2 (=glibc2.2)

and XFree86 4.1.0 in rpm format.

fglrx-glc22-4.2.0-3.7.0.i386.rpm

- Driver package for ix86 systems with libc6.2 (=glibc2.2)

and XFree86 4.2.0 in rpm format.

fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.6.0.i386.rpm

- Driver package for ix86 systems with libc6.2 (=glibc2.2)

and XFree86 4.3.0 in rpm format.

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more info on the link above and also here

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/readme0370.txt

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Well, like I said before, I am a Linux newb, I don't know how to go about it. DoH!

Anyway, how can I install the drivers? I am guessing I will have to do it through the command no doubt.. Should I drop the drivers on a cd, and install them from there via command line?

Man, I'm lost :s

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here is how you can do it

boot into mandrake... i guess you can't get to a gui by the looks of it.

so from your console log in as your user and then su to root. install links or lynx (they are text based browsers) with urpmi links (i cannot remember how to use urpmi so you might have to read up on that).

starts links. press g to and type in www.ati.com.. download the drivers with highlighting the downlaod link and pressing "d" (i think)

once downloaded install them by running "rpm -ivh fglrx*.rpm"

if all goes well then you will have them installed. if you have a problem use "rpm -ivh fglrx*.rpm --nodeps"

then type "fglrxconfig" and you will have to answer the questions.

at the end select yes to write your new XF86Config-4 file.

then as root type "init 5" or as a user type startx

should be good to go

if you have a via kt400 chipset like me you might run into problems so:

install the rpm like before, but before running fglrxconfig type:

cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod

vi agpgart_be.c

in vi edit the line under "Apollo KT400",

to read "via_kt400_setup }, // AGP v2"

(read up on how to use vi, command mode press "i" to insert and type, and x to delete the charector underneath the cursor, escape to exit insert mode back to command mode)

exit vi

./make.sh

cd ..

./make_install.sh

then run fglrxconfig

also read the forum posts at www.rage3d.com in the linux section for more hints

also if you can't get this to work and just want a starting point to learn linux then try installing knoppix to your hard drive. look how to do that in the knoppix forums, readmes, etc

if anyone has any corrections to my post please post it

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Latest drivers are here

http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/r...ductsLINUXdrive

They support

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Graphics Accelerators:

ATI Radeon 8500, 9100, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800,

ATI Mobility 9000, 9600

ATI FireGL 8700, 8800, E1, E2, X1, X2, Z1, T2

ATI Mobility FireGL T2

Video Driver for Linux:

Driver Version 4.1.0-3.7.0

Driver Version 4.2.0-3.7.0

Driver Version 4.3.0-3.7.0

fglrx-glc22-4.1.0-3.7.0.i386.rpm

- Driver package for ix86 systems with libc6.2 (=glibc2.2)

and XFree86 4.1.0 in rpm format.

fglrx-glc22-4.2.0-3.7.0.i386.rpm

- Driver package for ix86 systems with libc6.2 (=glibc2.2)

and XFree86 4.2.0 in rpm format.

fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.6.0.i386.rpm

- Driver package for ix86 systems with libc6.2 (=glibc2.2)

and XFree86 4.3.0 in rpm format.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

more info on the link above and also here

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/readme0370.txt

if you read the information in the second link you may even be surprised to find Installation Instructions

maybe that's just what I am seeing though

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if you read the information in the second link you may even be surprised to find Installation Instructions

maybe that's just what I am seeing though

its just you :p

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Well I allready have the driver, burned it to a disc. Now how do I mount my cd-rom and install from there?

I tried it last night a fiew times, but I must have been doing it wrong, as it never worked.

Also, I have the Knoppix Live CD, and I tried copying the driver from my other cd to my Mandrake partition, but it wouldn't let me.

I'd like to install Knoppix at some point, but I will just wait with that till later.

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mount the cdrom:

look at fstab to see where your cdrom will be mounted type "cat /etc/fstab"

here is the line for my cdrom

/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0

so for me to mount the cdrom i would type

"mount /mnt/cdrom"

to unmount it type

"umount /mnt/cdrom"

so after you mount it type

"cd /mnt/cdrom"

then

"rpm -ivh fglrx*.rpm" etc etc

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Ok, ran into this error..

file /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 from install of fglrx-glc22-4.3.7.0-3.7.0 conflicts with file from package libxfree86-4.3-23mdk

Now what do I do? LOL So many problems it seems.. Anyway, if you got any ideas, let me know.

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I am wondering which distro of Linux will work with my Radeon 9600Pro. Mandrake 9.2 won't work for me, nor will Debian, but Knoppix will! But yea, thats a live eval. disc, so that isn't much help.

Anyway, I'm a newb for the most part when it comes to Linux, I don't know my way around the command. Been using Linux off an on  for the past couple years, but haven't really gotten into it as much as I would like, mostly because by the time they support my hardware, i have newer stuff which isn't supported. And my second rig is down, so I can't use that with my GeForce2MX400. Dual-boot would be nice for now.

Anyway, what do you recomend?

Stealth -

i had the same problem you had a few weeks ago, heres what i did:]

some guy told me to use VESA (VESA is basically a general driver for vga that support many cards (I'm 100% sure it supports Radeon 9600). This will allow you to have a useable desktop).

when configuring the video card during installation use the VESA driver

worked for me

hope this helps

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congrats stealth

i had a problem installing mandrake 9.2 and i have a radeon 9800pro, apparently the download edition of mandrake has problems with all the newer ati cards you are not alone friend. fedora core1 also had this problem for me but it would lock while trying to get into the windows manager. only distro that worked off the bat was suse 9.0 for me but i only run linux on my laptop nowadays (mandrake 9.2).

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installing software in mandrake is very easy with urpmi... use google to learn how to use that.

you can test if your 3d acceleration is working with glxgears.

as well type "glxinfo" and you should be able to tell if you are using direct rendering or not.

icq me if you want

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Thanx. Been lookin around for info, but it all seems that I need to know other stuff before I can attempt to install, and all the directions I have seen so far are telling me how to install, not how to get to that point.. cough* newb here..

For instance, how to navigate to the directory where the file is that I am trying to install. Sounds simple enough, but I can't seem to get there :pinch: :whistle:

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