Can't get X to work with ATI

[Espen Stefansen]

On 2/9/06, Robin Laing <Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca> wrote:
> James Wilkinson wrote:
> > Espen Stefansen wrote:
> >
> >>I've tried the xorg-driver and ati's own driver, but with no luck. The hints
> >>at fedorafaq.org doesn't help either.
> >
> >
> > Have you tried the VESA driver? It might get you going until you can
> > sort something else out (and, in particular, got your install updated).
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > James.
> >
>
> Jumping in late on this thread.  After weeks of frustration with and
> ATI card on a new computer, I bit the bullet and purchased a nVidia
> card and was up and running within 30 minutes of paying for it with
> full acceleration.  :)
>
> I lost money on the ATI card though but it was a learning experience.
>   Made sure my new laptop had nVidia.
>

I feel kinda stupid now. After i had tried so many configurations in
xorg.conf (incuding upgraded to the newest ati, 8.22) with the screen
always going black without any reponse, i stopped looking at the logs.
But when i checked them for the last time, i found something
interesting.

I noticed that the fglrx doesnt support 16bit resolutions with my
ati-card. As soon as i changed this to 24, everything worked fine. So
atleast i've got a fedora installation working fine now. :)