On Monday 18 August 2008 19:34:45 Tim wrote:
> I have an ATI Sapphire 1600 Pro video card I am running Mepis7 (a
> derivative of Debian Etch). my Monitor is a Viewsonic VA903b.
>
> The problem I have is as follows, the pc boots to a the normal text type
> loading, then switches to a graphical progress screen, when it reaches the
> end of this screen it should then switch quickly to a black then another
> graphical screen where you login but it is here at this screen change that
> I am having problem because the screen will go black flash and then just
> sit there. I can't do anything and a hard reset is required along with a
> bootCD so that I can reinstall vesa drivers.
>
> I am currently using the ATI 8-4-x86 drivers as these driver will support
> my card while the newer drivers cause a problem. I use the following
> instructions (1) instructions to first make a set of deb files out of the
> ATI driver package and then install them with KPackage, once installed I
> then use the following set of instructions (2) to run dpkg-reconfigure to
> setup xorg with the new drivers.
>
> I know the two web site instruction are OK as plenty of other have used
> them and have got there ATI card working.
>
> So my question is, is there anything anybody can suggest?
>
> Finally a quick sanity check, the spec for my monitor states:
>
> Frequency F(h): 30-83kHz, F(v): 50-85kHz
> (the h & v in brackets are subscript but I can't do that in kmail)
>
> I assume that it means the horizontal refresh rate is 30-83KHz and Vertical
> refresh is 50-85KHz
>
> Thanks
>
> Tim
Forgot the web sites
(1)
http://zerias.blogspot.com/2008/04/fglrx-install-yamals-script.html
(2)
http://www.mepisguides.com/Mepis-7/fglrx/dpkg-7-b5/dpkg-os-betafive-fglrx-1.html
Tim
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