Dell Inspiron 5000e and ATI m3 video problems

chag · n00b Joined: 09 Jun 2002 Posts: 10

Hi,

I have troubles whith my Dell inspiron 5000e and the video. I can't make X work. I looked on the net and found many XF86Config, tried them all tweaked some but didn't succeed. I always have the same problem : my screen is divided in two identical parts. I have 1 cursor but what I see on the left part is the same as the right part.

the video card is a Ati Rage Mobility LF ( Ati M3 with 8Mo)

I tried many things including :
- Gatos drivers
- gentoo-sources and vanilla-sources
- disabled DRI and ati128 in the kernel
- installing a mdk 8.2 to see if it can work and try the XF86Config

there's even a problem with the console framebuffer

In default mode, it's almost ok, only a 10pixels height white line at the bottom of the screen.

In 800*600 16bits, , I only have the top 2/3 of the screen with a 40pixels white horizontal line.

In 1024*768 16bits, I only have half screen

In 640*480 16bits, the the screen remains black and the computer hangs

If someone can help, that would be really appreciated

Chag

cbueche · Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 4:55 am Post subject:

Hi,

I own a Dell 5000e as well, my LCD can do 1600x1200, so the following XF86Config-4 may need a bit tweaking if you have a different screen.

You will as well need to adapt the kbd and mouse setup.

I striped the comments. Let me know if you need explanations. Please provide your /var/log/XFree86.0.log in case.

Charles

chag · n00b Joined: 09 Jun 2002 Posts: 10

I tried your XF86Config file but it's still the same problem.
here's a screenchot : http://chag.dyndns.org/dscf0018.jpg

and heres the log : http://chag.dyndns.org/xf86config.txt

What version of gentoo did you used (1.1a or 1.2) ?
What version of X did you installed (3.6.x or 4.x?
Did you choose ix86 or i686 for installation ?
What Compilation options did you used ?

thanks in advance if you can help

Chag

cbueche · Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2002 9:33 am Post subject:

Hi,

>and heres the log : http://chag.dyndns.org/xf86config.txt

the only significant diff is my use of the Gentoo kernel. Currently "2.4.19-gentoo-r7 i686 [ELF]", but I was using r5 succssfuly as well.

>What version of gentoo did you used (1.1a or 1.2) ?

1.1. Does it really matter ? After a world upgrade, we should have the same stuff installed.

>What version of X did you installed (3.6.x or 4.x)?

4.2, same as yours

>Did you choose ix86 or i686 for installation ?

I went for the chroot stage 1, 16Mb install with the x86 image

>What Compilation options did you used ?

here is my USE from make.conf :
USE="alsa dvd gnome imap -ipv6 ldap perl pnp samba xface"

and the compile flags :
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=i686 -O3 -pipe"
CXXFLAGS="-march=i686 -O3 -pipe"

my kernel .config is at http://home.bueche.ch/upload/.config

Hope this help. I'm now leaving for 2 weeks holidays, so I won't answer before 1.7. Good luck.

Charles
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chag · n00b Joined: 09 Jun 2002 Posts: 10

Hi,

That's great, it works. I used your .config for my compilation. I think my problem was that i compiled the Rage128 support for framebuffer but not sure yet

anyway, thanks for all !!

Chag

cbueche · Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2002 8:00 am Post subject:

Hi,

happy it worked, the dell 5000e is picky about the APM stuff, I made many tests, but it still doesn't works as advertised.

Charles
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gordonNgentoo · n00b Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Posts: 38

Charles,

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Rage 128 Mobility"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "Rage 128 Mobility"
Driver "r128"
Option "DPMS" "on"
EndSection

How did you know of the above? I see /etc/X11/modules/drivers/r128_drv.o
So does that mean there's a "r128" driver??? Here's my question, why didn't xf86cf or xf86config list my ATI rage mobilility M1 card??

Is the Identifier string, vendor name, and boardname string something you made up or do
I have to copy your above strings EXACTLY?

Basically, I'm just wondering if the above strings must match the Device string below:

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "ATI Rage 128 Mobility"
Monitor "Dell LCD, 1600x1200"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection

--Gordon

gordonNgentoo · n00b Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Posts: 38

Charles,

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Rage 128 Mobility"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "Rage 128 Mobility"
Driver "r128"
Option "DPMS" "on"
EndSection

How did you know of the above? I see /etc/X11/modules/drivers/r128_drv.o
So does that mean there's a "r128" driver??? Here's my question, why didn't xf86cf or xf86config list my ATI rage mobilility M1 card??

Is the Identifier string, vendor name, and boardname string something you made up or do
I have to copy your above strings EXACTLY?

Basically, I'm just wondering if the above strings must match the Device string below:

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "ATI Rage 128 Mobility"
Monitor "Dell LCD, 1600x1200"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection

--Gordon

cbueche · Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2003 6:25 am Post subject:

gordonNgentoo wrote:

gordonNgentoo · n00b Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Posts: 38

What did this site mean by this:
http://gatos.sourceforge.net/ati.2.php

Do _NOT_ mix XFree drivers (i.e. 4.2.0 drivers are meant _only_ for 4.2.0).

Does it mean if my xfree86 is version 4.2.1, then i must download gatos 4.2.1??

-Gordon

cbueche · Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 8:03 am Post subject:

Hello again,

mea culpa, I haven't seen this version difference. However, it works well for me, never seen a glitch. I think there are now two solution to get it right :

1. wait for the xfree 4.3 ebuild, and see wheter it fixes the XV video horizontal scaling problem. I think it will not be fixed, just because I see a version 4.3 of ati.2 on the download page.
2. compile ati.2 from CVS.

BTW : gentoo has gatos (masked) ebuild in media-video/ati-gatos (version 4.2.0.11-r1).

Charles
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