Sarge and GATOS (ATI Rage 128, 16M All In Wonder)

From: A. F. Cano (afc_at_shibaya.lonestar.org)
Date: 04/08/05

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    Hello,

    Has anyone been able to get an ATI Rage 128 All-In-Wonder to work with
    Sarge?

    First thing I did was to install the Debian packages. Upon running
    xatitv I got the following:

    GATOS: No ATI PCI/AGP Cards ?
    GATOS: gatos_inita(): Invalid argument
    xatitv: gatos_init(): Invalid argument

    Then, thinking that the Debian package might not be as up to date as
    the upstream source, I downloaded the binary tar file for X 4.3, per
    these instructions:

    http://gatos.sourceforge.net/ati.2.php

    This overwrote some files in /etc/X11R6 and added others, but it
    didn't make any difference: same error.

    Then I did an dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and made sure that
    ATI was selected: no difference, even after restarting the server
    and rebooting.

    Then, after not finding an ATI-specific driver in the lsmod output,
    I went looking for it in /lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386. I found what
    seems the appropriate one: aty128fb and added it to /etc/modules.
    Dmesg says:

    aty128fb: Found Intel x86 BIOS ROM Image
    aty128fb: Rage128 BIOS located
    aty128fb: Rage128 PD PRO PCI [chip rev 0x1] 16M 128-bit SDR SGRAM (1:1)
    fb0: ATY Rage128 frame buffer device on Rage128 PD PRO PCI
    aty128fb: Rage128 MTRR set to ON
    Capability LSM initialized

    So it seems that the card is known to the system, but starting xatitv
    still returns the original error message.

    What am I missing? Is watching TV with this card possible at all under
    sarge?

    After the latest manual (non-package) steps, I notice that X takes a lot
    longer to start, but it eventually does. It appears that it never
    used acceleration, and still doesn't. After shutdown -r the screen
    never comes back on. It only does after hitting the HW reset button.

    Any steps specific to Debian to get this card to work?

    A google search turned up this:

    http://answers.tveasy.co.uk/c.o.l.hardware/Distro-wGfRoR.htm

    One person claims to have made it work a long time ago, but likely
    not with Debian and he doesn't say how.

    Thanks for any info.

    Augustine 

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