Panasonic CF-52 (Radeon X2100), and xorg does not work with F8T3

Adam Jackson ajackson at redhat.com
Tue Oct 30 13:53:20 UTC 2007


On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 18:06 -0500, Todd Denniston wrote:
> Folks,
> we just tried an install on a Panasonic CF-52 (TOUGHBOOK laptop) using an ATI
> Radeon X2100.
> 1) had to install in text mode because X is just black screen.
> 2) after install startx results in the same situation. (consistency is nice)
> 3) by default xorg.conf is pointing at vesa instead of an ati driver, so it
> does not do a PCI scan, it just hangs at a black screen.

The 'ati' driver in F8 does not support R600 chips.  You have an R600
chip.  It ain't gonna work.

What does the X log look like when you use the vesa driver?

- ajax




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