https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Kkinder 2026-05-16T20:06:45Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.31.12 https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:ATI_Mobility_Radeon_7500&diff=24345 2006-08-24T19:57:59Z

<p>Kkinder: </p> <hr /> <div>Hi, is there a way to use dri, drm and opengl with this card?<br /> <br /> == Functionality of ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 ==<br /> <br /> I have a Thinkpad R50 with the ATI Mobility Radeon 7500, currently running Gentoo Linux. (and dual-boot with WinXP)<br /> <br /> Direct rendering works with both radeon and ati (gatos) drivers, though the radeon is significantly (20%-30%) faster. I have not tried fglrx.<br /> <br /> TV-out works with both VESA and ati (gatos) drivers, though both have problems.<br /> Using the VESA driver there is no acceleration, and the system is not fast enough to act as a mythfrontend without dropping frames rather badly.<br /> Using the ati driver performance is acceptable, but the colors are washed out (practically gone) and the contrast is &quot;odd&quot;. The image looks kind like the old &quot;posterization&quot; photo process, where contrast is mostly reduced, but past a certain scale becomes extreme.<br /> <br /> In either case, I had to use atitvout to activate the svideo. It complained about VBE, but did the job. I was not able to get both displays working simultaneously.<br /> <br /> == Only use external display ==<br /> I can't figure out how to configure X.org to ''only'' use the external VGA display. Xinerama works fine, but I don't want both displays enabled. Also, it turns off both when I close the lid. Anyone figure this stuff out? [[User:Kkinder|Kkinder]] 21:57, 24 August 2006 (CEST)</div>

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