Re: [Fwd: ati-driver question]

[Flavio Stanchina <flavio at stanchina dot net>]

Flavio Stanchina wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: ati-driver question
> Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 15:40:13 -0500
> From: George XXXXX
>
> Do you know if the drivers work with M11? [...]

I've extracted the complete list of chipsets supported by the fglrx 
driver, as reported by the driver itself in the XFree86 log file:
  http://www.stanchina.net/~flavio/debian/fglrx-supported.txt

The four-digit hexadecimal number in the parentheses is the chipset ID.

When you want to know if a certain card is supported, look at the lspci 
output and check if the chipset is in that list. First, use "lspci" to 
identify your ATI graphics card:

  $ lspci
  [...]
  0000:03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc \
  Radeon R200 QL [Radeon 8500 LE]

Then use "lspci -n" to look up the chipset ID. The chipset ID is the 
second number in the <vendor>:<device> codes below:
  $ lspci -n
  [...]
  0000:03:00.0 0300: 1002:514c
                look here ^^^^

To get back to the original question, the M11 is mentioned in two entries:
  MOBILITY FireGL T2/T2e (M10/M11 4E54)
  MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700 (M10/M11 4E50)

So I don't have the firm answer I was hoping for, but if you can look at 
the lspci output on one of those laptops, you'll be able to check if the 
chipset is one of those two.

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Ciao, Flavio