ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

2007-03-12T15:19:33Z

EMaX: Added support for t60p

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=== ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 ===
This is an ATI video adapter

=== Features ===
* Chipset: ATI M56 - Similar to Radeon X1600
* PCI ID: 1002:71c4
* PCI Express x16
* 256 MB GDDR3-SDRAM video memory
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=== Linux X.Org driver ===
Not supported by the Xorg radeon driver.

==== ThinkPad LCD ====
Display on the internal LCD works as long as you set the monitor settings correctly. Changing the driver from "ati" to "vesa" in xorg.conf will start X but with a lower resolution than expected.

Full resolution can be achieved when all modelines are removed and mode 1600x1200 with depth 24 is selected.

==== External VGA port ====
Yes

==== SVideo port ====
No

==== DVI port ====
No (yes on Docking Station, working with [[fglrx]] driver

=== Proprietary ATI driver ===
Proprietary [[fglrx]] driver works since version 8.25.18, version 8.24.8 works by adding "ChipID 0x71c5" to the xorg.conf "Device" statement and fooling it into thinking it's a X1600 mobility (do this only as a last resort or if you're sure you have an older driver; it is fatal to version 8.25.18).

The new driver 8.25.18 seems to support the card, see
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=1643
(successfully tested with the provided autorun installation script on OpenSuSE 10.1, T60p with 15" display).

(K)ubuntu 6.06 comes with this driver and it works out of the box. However, it seems to have problems with VT Switching (Alt+Fn). Instead of switching to a console, X resets and goes back to the log in screen (This doesn't happen when using the [[vesa]] driver). The switching issue might be resolvable by setting ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE=true in /etc/default/acpi-support, but it doesn't seem to help on all systems.

Note: On Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy) with 'splash' on the command line, you cannot switch to VTs. This is a Thinkpad T60. The screen remains graphical, but is very badly garbled. There is no text. X does not reset, and you can switch back to your X session. The solution is to include 'vga=791' or to remove 'splash' from the grub/lilo command line. You don't need to do both. (It's been a few days, so I don't remember where I found this...I just chanced upon this wiki page for the video card I'm trying to get working with xgl/AIGLX and Beryl).

Also, the pointer gets garbled sometimes in X, but this is only a minor annoyance. Dual Head (Xinerama) also works with this driver, but don't use KDE control center to enable it (use the ATi tool or edit xorg.conf manually)

I have a feeling that this card gets in the way when trying to suspend to RAM (resuming with a complete blank screen, lights are blinking, but that's it), but this can also be caused by other means.

=== Proprietary ATI driver on Ubuntu Feisty ===
I had a hard time getting resume from suspend-to-ram to work with Feisty on a Thinkpad tp60p. When resuming, the screen just went black with X hanging. It works like this: In <code>/etc/acpi/sleep.sh</code>, as second line, add the line <code>sudo chvt 1</code>. This forces a switch to the text console before standby. Likewise, in add to the very end of the file <code>/etc/acpi/resume.sh</code> the line <code>sudo chvt 7</code>. Finally, the perhaps most important change goes into <code>/etc/default/acpi-support</code>. Change the line <code>POST_VIDEO=true</code> to read <code>POST_VIDEO=</code>. This was the point when it started working on my system. For completeness, here are the complete settings of this file:

<ol>
<li>ACPI_SLEEP=true</li>
<li>ACPI_HIBERNATE=true</li>
<li>ACPI_SLEEP_MODE=mem</li>
<li>MODULES=""</li>
<li>MODULE_WHITELIST=""</li>
<li>SAVE_VBE_STATE=true</li>
<li>VBE_STATE=/var/lib/acpi_support/vbestate</li>
<li>POST_VIDEO=</li>
<li>USE_DPMS=true</li>
<li># RADEON_LIGHT=true</li>
<li># DOUBLE_CONSOLE_SWITCH=true</li>
<li>HIBERNATE_MODE=shutdown</li>
<li>LOCK_SCREEN=true</li>
<li># DISABLE_DMA=true</li>
<li># RESET_DRIVE=true</li>
<li>STOP_SERVICES="mysql "</li>
<li>RESTART_IRDA=false</li>
<li>ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE=true</li>
</ol>

Point 11 may eventually replace the chvt settings above, but I didn't try.

=== Linux kernel Framebuffer driver ===

Supported by the [http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/vesafb-tng/ vesafb-tng] project, but requires the boot parameter {{bootparm|video|vesafb:nocrtc}}.

Alternatively, you may use classic vesafb with {{bootparm|vga|838}} for a 1400x1050 screen with 32 bit color depth.

{{NOTE|The [[fglrx]] driver may cause distortion/corruption of the framebuffer after use at high resolutions, making the text difficult to read.}}

=== ThinkPads this chip may be found in ===
* {{T60p}}
* {{Z61p}}

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