Hello.

because I am new with Linux and Debian 4.0 KDE, I cant get my videocard working good, and I have tried but no results because I dont understand what is the problem and I have no friends who can Linux.
So, please help.

Tell me what information you need to help me and I put it here.

Cool: now tell me what you mean by "good". What is it about the videocard that is not "good"? Perhaps it makes excessive noise or requires 60 story cooling-towers for continuous operation? Perhaps you got a low low framerate with 3D graphics?

Looking up your card in the HCL
http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/sh...cat/182/page/1
... suggests that this card works well with the Free radeon driver. So start with that:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Reboot and see...

Otherwise:

less /etc/X11/xorg.conf

... and find the "Device" bit that talks about a video card. Make sure the driver there is set to "radeon".

Thank you for the answer.
Problem is that text is like double and video picture is not good, nothing is clear, so to say.



I did what you said to do.

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg


And here is xorg.conf.


Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "fi"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO]"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Compaq V1000"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-107
VertRefresh 50-160
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO]"
Monitor "Compaq V1000"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection



How to change ati to radeon. Just write and save?

The driver is actually correct there - the "ati" thing is a wrapper who's job is to load the correct driver. In this case, your card is fully supported by the "radeon" driver. It is safe to open the file with a text editor (as root) and change "ati" for "radeon", then save. I don't expect it to make any difference, but it might and it eliminates one layer.

Blurry picture - and you believe this is due to software because??

At the bottom of your monitor, under the screen, there are control of some kind. Normally buttons or wheels or something. Maybe on the back. Try adjusting the picture from there.

Thanks again Simon.

Yes, no difference between ati and radeon.

Before this videocard, I had a older videocard and it was much better than this, so it has to be some problem with drivers?

How can I test if it is working proberly?


"At the bottom of your monitor, under the screen, there are control of some kind. Normally buttons or wheels or something. Maybe on the back. Try adjusting the picture from there."

I had a my friends screen here, which is new and I tried it and the result was the same, so I dont think monitor is the problem here.

Then it's the card - confirm by putting the card in friends system - can still be fixed on the monitor though (or the card is fubard).

I had an nvidia card that caused the screen to shift to the left on any monitor I used. This was adjustable on the screen controls. Both driver, card, and monitors were working to spec. The card and monitor spec were only "mostly" compatible.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/sh...950/cat/myprod
... there, even using the proprietary fglrx driver won't help. But performance is good with radeon says the reviews.

Yes, I try card in my friends system.

Maybe it is broken.

Thank you for helping me Simon.