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I've found very limited information about this online, only that it seems to be the only Mobility Radeon chip that is not supported at all. I don't know what progress has been made and I don't know if this chip has other names. Is this the same this as the Mobility Radeon IGP chips or is it different? Any ideas here? I have a Compaq Presario 2105US that I need to get acceleration working on. Any help appreciated. Thanks!

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More info:

 

Running Slackware 8.1

 

from /var/log/XFree86.0.log:

(--) PCI:*(1:5:0) ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility U1 rev 0, Mem @ 0xe0000000/28, 0xd0100000/16, I/O @ 0x9000/8

 

from startup sequence:

Warning: ATI Radeon IGP Northbridge is not supported by Linux!

 

from /var/log/XFree86.0.log when it crashes trying to use the "radeon" driver:

(II) ATI: ATI driver (version 6.4.17) for chipsets: ati, ativga

(II) R128: Driver for ATI Rage 128 chipsets: ATI Rage 128 RE (PCI),

ATI Rage 128 RF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 RG (AGP), ATI Rage 128 RK (PCI),

ATI Rage 128 RL (AGP), ATI Rage 128 SM (AGP),

ATI Rage 128 Pro PD (PCI), ATI Rage 128 Pro PF (AGP),

ATI Rage 128 Pro PP (PCI), ATI Rage 128 Pro PR (PCI),

ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TL (AGP),

ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TR (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Mobility LE (PCI),

ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Mobility MF (AGP),

ATI Rage 128 Mobility ML (AGP)

(II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets: ATI Radeon QD (AGP),

ATI Radeon QE (AGP), ATI Radeon QF (AGP), ATI Radeon QG (AGP),

ATI Radeon VE QY (AGP), ATI Radeon VE QZ (AGP),

ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LW (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LX (AGP),

ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LZ (AGP),

ATI Radeon 8500 QL (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 QN (AGP),

ATI Radeon 8500 QO (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 Ql (AGP),

ATI Radeon 8500 BB (AGP), ATI Radeon 7500 QW (AGP),

ATI Radeon 7500 QX (AGP), ATI Radeon 9000 Id (AGP),

ATI Radeon 9000 Ie (AGP), ATI Radeon 9000 If (AGP),

ATI Radeon 9000 Ig (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility M9 Ld (AGP),

ATI Radeon Mobility M9 Le (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility M9 Lf (AGP),

ATI Radeon Mobility M9 Lg (AGP), ATI Radeon 9700 ND (AGP),

ATI Radeon 9700 NE (AGP), ATI Radeon 9700 NF (AGP),

ATI Radeon 9700 NG (AGP)

(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:05:0

(EE) No devices detected.

 

Fatal server error:

no screens found

 

 

However, I can run X using the "radeon" driver if I do so with the following lines in my /etc/X11/XF86Config file:

Section "Device"

Identifier "* Generic VESA compatible"

Driver "radeon"

ChipID 0x4242

Option "AGPMode" "4"

Option "noaccel"

VideoRam 65536

# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate

EndSection

 

Obviously, this does not help me too much as the acceleration is what I'm after. If I comment out the Option "noaccel" line, X starts but only the bottom half of the screen is displayed, and then the whole thing locks up.

 

I've tried DRI, assuming I've installed it correctly, it doesn't work either.

 

I'll take any suggestions here. I'd even be happy with "it doesn't work now but xxx release of xxx software will support it in the future." Any information will help. Thanks!

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I've just discovered that the Radeon Mobility U1 chip is one and the same as the Radeon IGP 320M chip. So this may help in identifying the exact hardware in question. Any news on this front? Thanks!

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My presario 2800 with ati radeon mobility 64mb works like a charm in

 

suse 8.1 pro , no more fucked up fonts , interlaced like mode n' blurred vision laugh

 

*Chooose your ati in SAX2 , any monitor vim /.../XF86Config and add

the line crt screen within the ATI section

 

 

***With 3D enabled smile Quake3 dvd etc are flying , hell mode like.Smoothly

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The Presario 2800 series uses Radeon Mobility M7 chips, which work fine in XFree86. The 2100 series uses the Radeon Mobility U1 (aka. Radeon IGP 320M) chips, which are completely unsupported. I have sent an email to ATI's developer relations address: devrel@ati.com

 

I am urging all readers of this post to PLEASE email ATI and ask them to either:

 

1. Release the technical specs to third-party developers sich as XI Graphics, DRI, or the XFree86 project

 

or

 

2. Develop their own proprietary drivers as nVidia has done.

 

If there is enough POLITE outcry, there may be some results. Please, if you have 60 seconds, fire them off a courteous email and then post a reply. Thank you all for your help!

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Okay

 

You're welcome , though ahm sorry i wasnt be able to help you i

 

thought of that cause i got stuck in the ATI in general and not at

 

this very chip , well don't worry we'll see what we can do about it.

 

Farewell

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Just to let everyone know, there is an ATI developer working with the XFree86 team to write an accelerated driver for the U1/3*0M chips. So far, it's working pretty well. They still need to fix some bugs in the 2D acceleration and then begin work taking advantage of the 3D acceleration. But it is promising!

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do you know if this driver is publicly available yet? AFAIK it isn't because i cant find it anywhere

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Just to let everyone know, there is an ATI developer working with the XFree86 team to write an accelerated driver for the U1/3*0M chips. So far, it's working pretty well. They still need to fix some bugs in the 2D acceleration and then begin work taking advantage of the 3D acceleration. But it is promising!


Any update on this yet?

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Are the mobility chips supported in the Sheider Digital fglrx drivers? These work like a charm (after I patched the kernel to allow proper AGPGART support on my nForce2 chipset) for my 9500 Pro.

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Hi,

 

I just installed FC3 in my laptop

 

http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/product_page.jsp?z=78&PRODUCT_ID=15134

 

For graphics, it uses this:

 

manufacturer : ATI

type : ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON™

memory amount : unshared 16 MB

memory type : DDR Video RAM

graphics accelerator : 64 bit

bus clock speed : 166 MHz

2D graphics accelerator : Yes

3D graphics accelerator : Yes

open GL support : Yes

direct 3D support : Yes

motion compensation : Yes

integrated TV encoder : Yes

reduce TV out flicker : Yes

multiple display support : Yes

triangle setup : Yes

connected bus : AGP bus

 

and my problem is I cant make it work to 1024*768

 

I havent found any driver.

 

Any news on this topic??

 

Thanks!

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