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mariosangiorgio

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Registered: 2010-07-10

Posts: 25

ATI Rage Pro 3D

Hi,
I just installed Archlinux on my old PC and I'd like to configure the graphic card properly.
With the default settings it works but I see flickering while moving the windows on the screen.

Searching the web I found this wiki page, that refers to my graphic device but seems a bit outdated http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mach64
Before starting experimenting on my system I'd like to have a confirmation on how to work.

Let's start from the beginning: I understood I have first to install the AUR package kernel26-mach64, but on the page it is flagged as out of date http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32583
It is still safe to install that kernel or do I have to do other things in order to have my graphic card work properly?

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: ATI Rage Pro 3D

Ideally, you should try to find patches that will work with the current kernel version - 2.6.34.1 at the moment. If/when you find them, use that AUR package as your starting point, and amend it as required to produce an up-to-date version of kernel26-mach64.

If you can't find up-to-date patches, you could try the existing 2.6.31.6 version in the AUR - however, that's a major downgrade, and you may find it necessary to downgrade other packages also. Maintaining that will become increasingly difficult as time goes on.

mariosangiorgio

Member

Registered: 2010-07-10

Posts: 25

Re: ATI Rage Pro 3D

Can you give me any hint on where could i find the patches for the new kernel?

mariosangiorgio

Member

Registered: 2010-07-10

Posts: 25

Re: ATI Rage Pro 3D

What I need is just a 2D driver, I don't need the 3D driver.
I already installerd xf86-video-mach64 (But I don't know if I configured it properly) and I have trails when I move windows.
Except from that everything is working fine.

Do you have any suggestion?