VGA out on ATI Technologies Inc M9+ 5C63 [Radeon Mobility 9200 (AGP)] (rev 01)

[Alex Deucher]

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:42:37 +0000, Alessandro Ronchi
<alessandro.ronchi at gmail.com> wrote:
> Il giorno ven, 17-12-2004 alle 09:12 -0500, Alex Deucher ha scritto:
> > On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:01:01 +0100, Daniel Stone <daniel at fooishbar.org> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 10:16 +0000, Alessandro Ronchi wrote:
> > > > I have an iBook with a Linux Gentoo, with this agp video card:
> > > >
> > > > VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M9+ 5C63 [Radeon
> > > > Mobility 9200 (AGP)] (rev 01)
> > > >
> > > > I've got DRI working, but I can't manage vga out working. I need this
> > > > feature even before 3D acceleration: is it possibile on a Linux/PPC,
> > > > without ATI binary drivers?
> > >
> > > Yes, it will work with an up-to-date X.Org CVS pull.
> >
> > If you can get vga-out working with radeonfb, the current driver
> > should work if you use option fbdev (I think).  if you want to use
> > dualhead, you'll need benh's patch in bug 2064:
> > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2064
> >
> > Alex
> 
> I didn't understand: what's the correct procedure to make VGA out
> working?
> Actually I use this device section:
> 

first apply the patch from bug 2064 or update from xorg cvs.
then like this:

Section "Device"
Identifier  "Card0"
Driver      "radeon"
VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName   "Radeon 9200 Mobility"
Option      "AGPMode" "4"
Option      "EnablePageFlip" "On"
Option "LVDSProbePLL" "true"
Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS, CRT"

EndSection

you also may need to turn on mergedfb to use get a clone mode.  I
don't know how macs set up the crtcs/outputs.  see the radeon man page
for more on how to set up mergedfb clone mode.

> 
> with this yaboot.conf:
> 
> image=/vmlinux
>         label=Linux
>         root=/dev/hda4
>         read-only
>         append="video=radeonfb"
> 
> Must I use two monitors sections in xorg.conf?
> Where can I find any useful documentation?

see the radeon man page: man radeon

Alex

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