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Patriot

Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 734
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Posted: Tue 20 Oct 2009, 18:37 Post subject:
Xorg driver update for various cards Subject description: for puppy versions with Xorg server 1.3 (X11R7.3) |
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Hmmm .....
I've been wondering about these ... I thought I'll give it a shot and see how it goes ..... I've made binary only driver pets for xorg server 1.3 that I believe is currently in use across all versions of puppy 4 series ... These drivers are the ones that compiles cleanly against xorg-server 1.3 ... Some later driver versions are now requiring newer xorg-server version at least 1.4 or above ......
If anyone tried these, please post some results, if any ...
Rgds
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Xorg Driver Listing A - I
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for Alliance (Promotion) Semiconductor vga cards
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xf86-video-apm-1.2.2-i486.pet |
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for ARK Logic vga cards
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xf86-video-ark-0.7.2-i486.pet |
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for ASPEED Technology video driver
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xf86-video-ast-0.89.9-i486.pet |
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for Chips & Technologies vga cards
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xf86-video-chips-1.2.2-i486.pet |
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for Cirrus Logic vga cards
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xf86-video-cirrus-1.3.2-i486.pet |
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dummy device driver
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xf86-video-dummy-0.3.2-i486.pet |
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frame buffer device driver
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xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.1-i486.pet |
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for AMD Geode vga (previously known as amd xorg driver)
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xf86-video-geode-2.11.6-i486.pet |
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for Permedia/GLINT vga cards
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xf86-video-glint-1.2.4-i486.pet |
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for Number9 Imagine128 vga cards
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xf86-video-i128-1.3.3-i486.pet |
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for intel i740 vga cards
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xf86-video-i740-1.3.2-i486.pet |
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Patriot

Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 734
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Posted: Tue 20 Oct 2009, 18:45 Post subject:
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If you're wondering where's the current intel driver versions are, take a look here ...
Xorg Driver Listing M - R
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for ATI Mach64 vga cards (use with ati, r128 and radeonhd)
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xf86-video-mach64-6.8.1-i486.pet |
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for Matrox MGA vga cards
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xf86-video-mga-1.4.11-i486.pet |
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for Neomagic vga cards
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xf86-video-neomagic-1.2.4-i486.pet |
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for NVidia vga cards
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xf86-video-nv-2.1.15-i486.pet |
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for VIA Unichrome and Chrome9 vga cards
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xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.904-i486.pet |
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for ATI Rage128 vga cards (use with ati, mach64 and radeonhd)
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xf86-video-r128-6.8.1-i486.pet |
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for ATI Radeon vga cards (R5xx/R6xx/R7xx). HDMI support ?
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xf86-video-radeonhd-1.2.5-i486.pet |
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for Rendition vga cards
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xf86-video-rendition-4.2.3-i486.pet |
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Patriot

Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 734
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Posted: Tue 20 Oct 2009, 18:59 Post subject:
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Xorg Driver Listing S - X
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for S3 vga cards (older s3, ex: Trio32/64, 868 etc)
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xf86-video-s3-0.6.2-i486.pet |
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for S3 vga cards (older s3, ex: Trio32/64, 868 etc)
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xf86-video-s3-0.6.3-i486.pet |
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for S3 Virge vga cards
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xf86-video-s3virge-1.10.4-i486.pet |
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for S3 Savage3D, Savage4, Savage2000 vga cards
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xf86-video-savage-2.3.1-i486.pet |
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for SiS usb vga cards
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xf86-video-sisusb-0.9.3-i486.pet |
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for 3dfx vga cards (voodoo1/voodoo2)
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xf86-video-tdfx-1.4.3-i486.pet |
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for Trident vga cards
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xf86-video-trident-1.3.2-i486.pet |
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for Trident vga cards
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xf86-video-trident-1.3.3-i486.pet |
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for Tseng Labs vga cards
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xf86-video-tseng-1.2.3-i486.pet |
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xorg VESA driver
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xf86-video-vesa-2.2.1-i486.pet |
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for use with VMware
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xf86-video-vmware-10.16.8-i486.pet |
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for 3dfx voodoo vga cards (voodoo3/4/5)
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xf86-video-voodoo-1.2.3-i486.pet |
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for Volari XGI video cards
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xf86-video-xgi-1.5.1-i486.pet |
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for Volari XGI/XP video cards
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xf86-video-xgixp-1.7.99.3-i486.pet |
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Patriot

Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 734
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Posted: Tue 20 Oct 2009, 19:00 Post subject:
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Q&A
Q1. Are these really the latest drivers ?
A1. Yes and no. It depends on whether each driver can be cleanly
compiled against xorg-server 1.3 ..... Most of the driver pets
above are the recently released Sep/Oct 2009 xorg drivers ...
For drivers that wouldn't compile cleanly, I backtrack until I find one
that will .....
Q2. Which ATI drivers to use ?
A2. There's four driver modules listed :
1. xf86-video-ati-6.12.4-i486.pet
Supported cards by this driver:
R100/R200 - Radeon 7000 upto Radeon 9250
R300/R400/R500 - Radeon 9500 upto X1950
R600/R700 - HD2300 upto HD4890
It is also a wrapper that calls mach64 and r128 if that's being detected.
2. xf86-video-mach64-6.8.1-i486.pet
This is a driver for older ATI Mach64 cards; normally will be
called by the ati module above if such a card is detected.
3. xf86-video-r128-6.8.1-i486.pet
This is a driver for older ATI Rage128 cards; normally will be
called by the ati module above if such a card is detected.
4. xf86-video-radeonhd-1.2.5-i486.pet
or xf86-video-radeonhd-1.3.0-i486.pet
(note: radeonhd-1.3.0 is latest with bugfix from xorg-git)
This is a separate driver branch for recent ATI RadeonHD Rx500 -
Rx700 series. I don't have such a card, so I'm unable to tell the
difference ...
So, if you're using a Radeon series card, it's probably safe to
say that the xf86-video-ati-6.12.4-i486.pet will work just fine ...
Q3. Which driver is suitable for AMD integrated graphics ?
A3. For most parts, AMD chipset with integrated graphics are
based on ATI GPUs ..... Below is a non-exhaustive list of recent AMD
integrated graphics which should work with the ati driver :
1. AMD 690 series : 690V, 690G, 690T, 690E
2. AMD 700 series : 740G/RS, 760G/RS, 780V/RS, 780G/V, 790GX
Here be more dragons ?
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sc0ttman

Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2572 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu 22 Oct 2009, 02:07 Post subject:
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I'll add a link to this post on the Puppy Arcade page, GREAT WORK adding this stuff, for those users who can't do it themselves!
Puppy Arcade found here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=341584
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skinnie
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Posted: Fri 23 Oct 2009, 09:50 Post subject:
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great work!!
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Flash
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 12824 Location: Arizona USA
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Posted: Fri 23 Oct 2009, 10:52 Post subject:
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The xf86-video-ati-6.12.4-i486.pet worked perfectly in Puppy 4.31 with the AMD (used to be ATI) 690G graphics chip on my Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H motherboard. Without the .pet, xorgwizard did not see the maximum (1440 x 900) resolution of my LCD, and other resolutions gave a distorted desktop. Now everything is hunky-dory.
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playdayz

Joined: 25 Apr 2008 Posts: 3794
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Posted: Fri 23 Oct 2009, 22:15 Post subject:
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thanks for these Patriot, i wasn't sure which to use for my hd3850 but it looks like the same thing that worked for Flash (the first one i tried) worked for me, the xf86-video-ati-6.12.4-i486.pet and also in 4.31. man i'm glad you made these because xorg was choosing the vesa driver and the 60Hz refresh was no good for any serious use. i tried manually changing the driver to radeon, radeonhd, or ati in xorg.conf but that did not work. now i am getting the 1280x1024 in 75Hz refresh plus the mesa glx driver is working. it's all much, much better thanks to you.
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Patriot

Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 734
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Posted: Sat 24 Oct 2009, 23:15 Post subject:
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Hmmm .....
Flash, playdaz
Thanks for letting me know that ..... I will be trying out the ati module for someone later ... and yes, GLX should be running on most ATI cards except maybe for the more recent card models (R6xx/RV6xx/R7xx/RS7xx) ... Perhaps others can verify this ...
As for me, I'm having a positive result too with the updated openchrome drivers ... GLX is also running now ...
Rgds
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Flash
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Posted: Sun 25 Oct 2009, 00:40 Post subject:
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That ati module also worked for a Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H motherboard, which has an AMD 780G North Bridge (video) chip. The LCD plugged into the motherboard's HDMI outlet can do 1360 x 768. Xorg would let me choose that resolution, but the round icons were oval with the driver that came with Puppy 4.31. With your driver they are round.
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exProphecy

Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Posts: 336 Location: Bay Area, California
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Posted: Wed 28 Oct 2009, 15:00 Post subject:
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Sorry I'm kind of a noob of when certain cards came out. Which one do I use if I have ATI Radeon Mobility x700?
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Patriot

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Posted: Wed 28 Oct 2009, 17:55 Post subject:
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Hmmm .....
exProphecy wrote: | ..... Which one do I use if I have ATI Radeon Mobility x700? |
Look above and get the xf86-video-ati-6.12.4-i486.pet ...
Rgds
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exProphecy

Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Posts: 336 Location: Bay Area, California
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Posted: Wed 28 Oct 2009, 21:41 Post subject:
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Patriot wrote: | Hmmm .....
exProphecy wrote: | ..... Which one do I use if I have ATI Radeon Mobility x700? |
Look above and get the xf86-video-ati-6.12.4-i486.pet ...
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Oh alright cool! I installed it but how do I check if 3D graphics work?
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Patriot

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Posted: Wed 28 Oct 2009, 21:49 Post subject:
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Hmmm .....
exProphecy wrote: | ........ how do I check if 3D graphics work? |
If you have xorg dri modules installed (either this xorg_xorg_dri-7.3-1.pet or this xorg_xorg_full_dri-7.3.pet) then open a terminal and do this :
# glxinfo
# glxgears
Rgds
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exProphecy

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Posted: Wed 28 Oct 2009, 23:27 Post subject:
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Patriot wrote: | Hmmm .....
exProphecy wrote: | ........ how do I check if 3D graphics work? |
If you have xorg dri modules installed (either this xorg_xorg_dri-7.3-1.pet or this xorg_xorg_full_dri-7.3.pet) then open a terminal and do this :
# glxinfo
# glxgears
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Cool it works! Thanks mate! By the way, whats the diff between full and non full?
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