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Linux: Slackware 8 + Radeon AIW Preparation?

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aceO07

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I will shortly get my Radeon AIW once I go to work in 12hrs. And it will be installed when I get home again. Anybody have comments or suggestions on how I would go about the installation of AIW with linux?

Are there linux drivers?
Can I have full functionality of the AIW in linux?

It's a dualbooting desktop with win2k/linux. I assume setting up for win2k should be a problem.. 🙂
 
I have the regular Radeon, and the way I got my card working properly with Slack 8.0 was that I went into the XFree86 setup program and selected the "ATI Mach64" driver and filled in the corresponding values for my video card (amount of RAM, etc.). They (suprisingly) don't yet have an inherent driver for the Radeon in there, but the default Mach64 works.

Oh, and one other thing, if you go into X-windows, you will haveta adjust your video resolution; I know there is a better/easier way to do this, but I just haven't taken then time to configure it properly.
 
Thanks. I can't wait.

Do you have KDE? I tried ctrl-alt-+ to change the resolution, but that doesn't work. I remember it worked before in some other gui.
 
I thought x 4.1 had support for Radeon.. am I missing something?

I just downloaded slack 8 last night so I haven't had time to install it yet, but I'm about to.
 
That I'm not sure about. I've been using my I815 integrated graphics chip since I built my computer last september.. 🙂 I'll find out once I get home, the AIW has arrived in my office.
 


<< I thought x 4.1 had support for Radeon.. am I missing something?

I just downloaded slack 8 last night so I haven't had time to install it yet, but I'm about to. >>




Your correct... 4.1+ have full Radeon support... that my next Linux graphics card.
 
Maetryx here, 😎

I installed Linux Mandrake 8.1 BETA 2 and it correctly identified my Radeon AIW for XFree86. It was really a seamless install, as far as the Radeon went. I didn't have to do anything.
 
I got AIW installed. Tv Tuner is great! A lot better than ATI Tv tuner VE I tried before.

How do I access the tv tuner in linux? 😀
 
/etc/modules.conf :

add a few lines like this:

alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 bttv options bttv card=10 tuner=2 options tuner type=2

Taken from /usr/src/linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv documentation.


More info here too:
http://www.it.linuxvideo.org/gatos/

 
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