[F18][ATI Rage XL] Problems with install on ATI Rage XP video driver

[Felix Miata]

On 2013-04-03 15:46 (GMT-0700) Adam Williamson composed:

> Felix Miata wrote:

>> Note that if this were on a laptop, the root problem could easily be the
>> same as on my Dell Inspiron 5000e's Rage 128, which is bad EDID
>> thwarting automagic. That I work around by using a simple xorg.conf.

> With hardware that old it still could be even with a desktop, who knows
> what the monitor is. The Ubuntu thread he linked to was certainly about
> that.

I guess I really didn't complete my thought. An old desktop usually has a readily accessible slot containing a gfxcard easily replaced with something newer and/or better supported. Changing video on a laptop is anything 
but easy, though at least EDID issues can typically be isolated by plugging in an external display. EDID that fails with one chip won't necessarily fail with another that uses a different driver. OTOH, bad EDID is hardly 
unique to old displays.
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