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    Drivers on Mandrake 9.1?

    Anyone have any luck getting the drivers to work on Mandrake 9.1?

    I have been trying but to no avail. The module just won't load.

    Aside from that, any word on new drivers period that anyone may have heard?

    The latest I have seen is Ben saying "They are in the Real Soon now (tm) category"
    I am the 1 and the 0, the bit and the byte.
    No computer is unbendable to my will, as hacking is not so much skill as psychology. Much like the lawmaker and the money that drives him to do as anyone would wish with it.
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  • #2
    I haven't personally tried them on Mandrake 9.1, but I've found they don't work with the 845PE chipset very well, but that's because the agpgart doesn't support it fully (I think) so I'm forced to use the resolution of 1732x1344. Otherwise I get screen corruption up the yang. The mtx module just won't be used for some reason.

    Leech

    P.S. I'm using Debian Sid myself.
    Wah! Wah!

    In a perfect world... spammers would get caught, go to jail, and share a cell with many men who have enlarged their penises, taken Viagra and are looking for a new relationship.

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    • #3
      I've a mate that's having lots of problems with mandrake 9.1 too might have to wait a bit for some updates or something of the sort...

      ~Sethos
      "...and in the next instant he was one of the deadest men that ever lived." – Mark Twain

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      • #4
        What chipset is being used on the Mandrake 9.1 machines? That could be a good part of it. I think for the most part if you have it compiled for the right kernel, then it should at least load it up.

        Leech
        Wah! Wah!

        In a perfect world... spammers would get caught, go to jail, and share a cell with many men who have enlarged their penises, taken Viagra and are looking for a new relationship.

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        • #5
          Got the driver to work in Mandrake 9.1. Had the problem that the module wouldn't load, but right now Idon't remember what I did to make it load. I'll check when I'm finished working this mourning. I think I had to manually copy the mtx.o to somewhere. I'll try to find out in a few hours and post my xf86config file...

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          • #6
            I hope some of this would help you:
            Check if you have these in your /etc/modules:
            modprobe agpgart
            modpeobe mtx

            You probably have it i guess... Then try to copy these files from the driver package:
            mtx_drv.o to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers.
            Then copy libparhl.so to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux and then copy mtx.so to /lib/modules/2.4.xxx/kernel/drivers/video and chmod (user and group) to root. Then run "depmod -ae".

            I hope some of this will help. I don't think I copied the last file and chmod and depmod -ae.
            And here is my XF86Config-4 file:

            # File generated by XFdrake.

            # ************************************************** ********************
            # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
            # this file.
            # ************************************************** ********************

            Section "Files"
            # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
            # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
            # the X server to render fonts.
            FontPath "unix/:-1"
            EndSection

            Section "ServerFlags"
            #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
            #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
            AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work
            EndSection

            Section "Module"
            Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
            # Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
            Subsection "extmod"
            Option "omit xfree86-dga"
            EndSubSection
            # Load "extmod"
            Load "type1"
            Load "freetype"
            # Load "glx" # 3D layer
            EndSection

            Section "InputDevice"
            Identifier "Keyboard1"
            Driver "Keyboard"
            Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
            Option "XkbLayout" "no"
            Option "XkbCompat" ""
            Option "XkbOptions" ""
            EndSection

            Section "InputDevice"
            Identifier "Mouse1"
            Driver "mouse"
            Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
            Option "Device" "/dev/usbmouse"
            Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
            EndSection

            Section "Monitor"
            Identifier "monitor1"
            VendorName "Plug'n Play"
            ModelName "Dell P990"
            HorizSync 30-96
            VertRefresh 48-120

            # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
            # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
            ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync

            # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
            # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
            ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

            # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
            ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
            EndSection

            Section "Device"
            Identifier "MGA CARD 1"
            Driver "mtx"
            BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
            Option "BusMastering" "on"
            EndSection

            Section "Screen"
            Identifier "screen1"
            Device "MGA CARD 1"
            Monitor "monitor1"
            DefaultColorDepth 16

            Subsection "Display"
            Depth 8
            Modes "1280x1024"
            EndSubsection

            Subsection "Display"
            Depth 15
            Modes "1280x1024"
            EndSubsection

            Subsection "Display"
            Depth 16
            Modes "1280x1024"
            EndSubsection

            Subsection "Display"
            Depth 24
            Modes "1280x1024"
            EndSubsection
            EndSection

            Section "ServerLayout"
            Identifier "layout1"
            InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
            InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
            Screen "screen1"
            EndSection


            So then there is just one thing left for me to say: Good Luck!

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            • #7
              Man does that rock on!!!!
              I am the 1 and the 0, the bit and the byte.
              No computer is unbendable to my will, as hacking is not so much skill as psychology. Much like the lawmaker and the money that drives him to do as anyone would wish with it.

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              • #8
                So you got it working?
                One thing I haven't gotten to work is the Ctrl+Alt+F* to go to console. I get monitor out of range.. Haven't studied it too hard either

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                • #9
                  Runs beautfully

                  Just one problem, I can't get the OpenGL or XV support working.

                  I am the 1 and the 0, the bit and the byte.
                  No computer is unbendable to my will, as hacking is not so much skill as psychology. Much like the lawmaker and the money that drives him to do as anyone would wish with it.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by MartL
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                    What the hell dou you think you're doing you?? Quit spamming our forums!!
                    Titanium is the new bling!
                    (you heard from me first!)

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by DedicatedFan3D
                      Just one problem, I can't get the OpenGL or XV support working.
                      That would be because there is none.
                      -Slougi

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                      • #12
                        I can't get it to compile on RedHat 9.0 and can't get it to insert in any way shape or form, mainly because of the change in glibc libraries I think.

                        Shame really, I'm still stuck with using RedHat on my laptop.. and I'd love to use the parhelia.

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