Need help installing ATI Radeon 9100 Drivers

[clu55ter]

Hi I have just installed the linux MCE 710 on my Asus Pundit-R it has an intergrated ATI Radeon 9100 grapics card but even when I configer the video settings for my Philips 37" lcd/tv I get a message on the tv saying Video not supported. I managed to find new drivers for the ATI card at http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Category:Releases but Im very new to Linux and dont know which driver to download and how to instal it on MCE.

Please can someone help!!

Tony

[Zaerc]

See: http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Display_Drivers

[clu55ter]

I have installed these drivers but to no availe, it's driving me crazy to the stage where I'm thinking of giving up with linux mce altogether. Even after installing the driver I still get a mesage saying Video not supported! what should I do??

Thanks Tony

[tschak909]

save yourself the anguish, and please get a supported nvidia card.

-Thom

[totallymaxed]

Hi I have just installed the linux MCE 710 on my Asus Pundit-R it has an intergrated ATI Radeon 9100 grapics card but even when I configer the video settings for my Philips 37" lcd/tv I get a message on the tv saying Video not supported. I managed to find new drivers for the ATI card at http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Category:Releases but Im very new to Linux and dont know which driver to download and how to instal it on MCE.

Please can someone help!!

Tony

Tony,

Your ATI card is not supported I'm afraid. We will be posting instructions and a new install package on the Wiki shortly for the ATi X1250 & above GPU's. I expect we will have this ready mid next week and I will post a message here to let everyone know.

The ATI Catalyst (fglrx) driver supports UI1 & UI2 + Overlay now with performance that is equivalent to nVidia or Intel GPU's. However if you are looking for UI2 + Alpha Blending support then nVidia is still your only option (and nVidia 6200, 7300 being the price/performance choice currently).

All the best

Andrew

[indulis]

Hi,

It might not be the driver itself.  In the configuration file /etc/X11/xorg.conf there are settings to tell the computer what resolution ti display on the monitor, and at what frequency.  It is most likely that your computer is putting out a signal that the TV canoot dsiplay.

TVs (plasmas and LCDs ) are especially fussy when it comes to the resolution and frequency.

You have some things you can do:
1) Check the net for a "modeline" for your TV
2) Create your own modeline using a Windows laptop/PC and Powerstrip software
3) Try to create a modeline that works for your TV

Please post your TV model number, and what the connection is between your PC and your TV.

Your TV manual will normally list the supported resolutions and frequencies for each type of input (VGA, HDMI etc). If you can, please list them (e.g. 1366x768 60Hz).

Even if you get the ATI card to work without driving the TV batty you may find (as I did) that weird stuff happens, like the LinuxMCE menus blinking on for 1/10 of a sec then vanishing.

The easiest way around this is to get an Nvidia 8500GT (Gigabyte fanless version) or 8600GT (Zotac fanless version).  Plug it in and in your BIOS disable your ATI display chips on the motherboard.

[totallymaxed]

Hi,

It might not be the driver itself.  In the configuration file /etc/X11/xorg.conf there are settings to tell the computer what resolution ti display on the monitor, and at what frequency.  It is most likely that your computer is putting out a signal that the TV canoot dsiplay.

TVs (plasmas and LCDs ) are especially fussy when it comes to the resolution and frequency.

You have some things you can do:
1) Check the net for a "modeline" for your TV
2) Create your own modeline using a Windows laptop/PC and Powerstrip software
3) Try to create a modeline that works for your TV

Please post your TV model number, and what the connection is between your PC and your TV.

Your TV manual will normally list the supported resolutions and frequencies for each type of input (VGA, HDMI etc). If you can, please list them (e.g. 1366x768 60Hz).

Even if you get the ATI card to work without driving the TV batty you may find (as I did) that weird stuff happens, like the LinuxMCE menus blinking on for 1/10 of a sec then vanishing.

The easiest way around this is to get an Nvidia 8500GT (Gigabyte fanless version) or 8600GT (Zotac fanless version).  Plug it in and in your BIOS disable your ATI display chips on the motherboard.

Well as long as you dont want UI2 + Alpha blending then the current ATI fglrx drivers work as well as the nVidia drivers now in our experience (sorry for not posting our Wiki page and package as promised earlier in this thread... we will do so in the next day or so promise!). In fact thats is also true of the Intel drivers too...

All the best

Andrew

[indulis]

Andrew- it sounds to me like the signal to the TV is "out of range", and I know some TVs are v fussy about getting EXACTLY the right resolution and frequency.  Once we know the model we can check the xorg.conf is OK.  During my ATI driver install my high end Trinitron CRT was drive beyond its working range (60-85Hz) by the default ATI xorg.conf file generated by LinuxMCE.  I had to manually go in and change it.

Cheers,

Indulis