https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=IkelosThinkWiki - User contributions [en]2026-05-08T12:45:01ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.31.12https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=ATI_Mobility_FireGL_V5200&diff=24296ATI Mobility FireGL V52002006-08-20T11:01:26Z<p>Ikelos: /* Linux kernel Framebuffer driver */</p>
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=== ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 ===<br />
This is a ATI video adapter<br />
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=== Features ===<br />
* Chipset: ATI M56 - Similar to Radeon X1600<br />
* PCI ID: 1002:71c4<br />
* PCI Express x16<br />
* 256 MB GDDR3-SDRAM video memory<br />
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=== Linux X.Org driver ===<br />
Not supported by the Xorg radeon driver<br />
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It's a pitty... such a nice card!!!!!!! Yum! Yum!<br />
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==== ThinkPad LCD ====<br />
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.<br />
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Full resolution can be achieved when all modelines are removed and mode 1600x1200 with depth 24 is selected.<br />
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==== External VGA port ====<br />
Yes<br />
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==== SVideo port ====<br />
No<br />
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==== DVI port ====<br />
No (yes on Docking Station, working with [[fglrx]] driver<br />
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=== Proprietary ATI driver ===<br />
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).<br />
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The new driver 8.25.18 seems to support the card, see<br />
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=1643<br />
(successfully tested with the provided autorun installation script on OpenSuSE 10.1, T60p with 15" display).<br />
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(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. <br />
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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) <br />
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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.<br />
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=== Linux kernel Framebuffer driver ===<br />
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Supported by the [http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/vesafb-tng/ vesafb-tng] project, but requires the boot parameter {{bootparm|video|vesafb:nocrtc}}.<br />
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{{NOTE|The [[fglrx]] driver may cause distortion/corruption of the framebuffer after use at high resolutions, making the text difficult to read.}}<br />
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=== ThinkPads this chip may be found in ===<br />
* {{T60p}}<br />
* {{Z61p}}<br />
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