Bug with the panel used to change the driver of the video card ?
Dellacherie Stephane
dellache at CRM.UMontreal.CA
Thu Sep 2 22:42:27 UTC 2004
I have found that the best driver for my video card should be the ATI
Radeon 64 DDR (AGP) : indeed, my video card is an ATI Mobility Radeon
graphics controller with user selectable 32-MB or 64-MB DDR SDRAM 4X AGP.
Since the FC2 DVD has previously installed the driver VESA driver
(generic), I have tried to change the driver. Thus, I have selected the
Radeon 64 DDR (AGP) driver. This has changed the file
/etc/X11/xorg.conf. Indeed, it is written in xorg.conf :
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "radeon"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "ATI Radeon 64 DDR (AGP)"
EndSection
Note that before, it was written :
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "vesa"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "VESA driver (generic)"
EndSection
Thus, everything should be ok.
But, when I check the properties of the video, it is again written (see
"Material") that I use the VESA driver (generic) !!!
And, indeed, I think that the video is not at all optimized !
Thus : where is the bug ? Do I have installed the ATI Radeon driver or
not ???
Or, Is this driver well adapted to my video card ?
Moreover, I don't find the monitor driver (my monitor is a 12.1-inch TFT
XGA display). Thus, I use :
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1024x768"
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
VertRefresh 40.0 - 70.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
(this is written in the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf). Perhaps the bad
results of the video is also due to a bad driver for my monitor ???
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