ati radeon9600 driver problem

[qwert12345]

there is no default drivers for my card, and the drivers i downloaded from the official ati site wouldn't install.

i got this error

Error: ./default_policy.sh does not support version
default:v2:i686:lib::none:2.6.33.5-pclos1.bfs; make sure that the version is being
correctly set by --iscurrentdistro

oh and i thought linux didn't needed reboots like windows does, i needed a reboot because of simple things like changing resolution, im starting to have doubts.

even windows didn't require restart by changing a resolution

[Hootiegibbon]

qwert12345

Your ati 9600 is covered by the ati graphical server, and there is no need to reboot, only need to restart the gxf server once altered

No need (and not recommended ) to install from the ATI site, as the ati is installed already.

Perhaps more information about the issue would help

Jase

[qwert12345]

i can use my max resolution, but its all messy and doesn't work properly.
the whole screen is align to the left.

i think im going back to windows :/

[T6]

"No need (and not recommended ) to install from the ATI site"

ati doesn't support you card anymore

good luck on windows

[qwert12345]

everything on my computer works on windows xp, now i cannot get back winxp booting. i have this linux text booter, gah i shouldn't have mess with this linux, its completely ruin my computer

[Hootiegibbon]

"No need (and not recommended ) to install from the ATI site"

ati doesn't support you card anymore

good luck on windows

Not the most helpful comment T6

Its true that ATI do not support cards prior to the x1950 (iirc) the card is supported via the Xorg open source drivers - which do work,.

everything on my computer works on windows xp, now i cannot get back winxp booting. i have this linux text booter, gah i shouldn't have mess with this linux, its completely ruin my computer

You need to be more specific in what is happening and what you can see - also further detail is required - like the specs of the machine,

Can you post a screenshot ?

Jase

[menotu]

everything on my computer works on windows xp, now i cannot get back winxp booting. i have this linux text booter, gah i shouldn't have mess with this linux, its completely ruin my computer

Have you uninstalled PCLinuxOS? If you haven't go to:

PCC (Configure Your Computer) System >> Boot >> Setup Boot system >

Press the Next button and select the Windows XP line - now select Modify and tick the Default box then press OK - now press the Finish button.

Now when you reboot Windows XP will be the default.

[T6]

i wish him luck, is that bad?

[menotu]

i wish him luck, is that bad?

Nah - that's not bad T6.

It's a shame that the OP couldn't overcome the initial problem as that has obviously soured his experience.

I don't know much about the ati driver(s) but as Jase said the ati drivers are in the repo ready and waiting.

[T6]

in fact in this case he doesn't need any drivers, the ones that system selects and use for him should be perfect

the screen position probably the wrong screen was selected

anyway, as he says, he is not ready to make changes and that is why i wish him luck on windows

[qwert12345]

i aready delete the pclinuxos partition.

it auto selected some random driver or me, x1900 or later something like that, and it only have 1024x768 resolution, which is not what i want.

when i change to 1280x1024, half the screen is on the left, the right is fill with black.

if linux can't do something as simple as that then yes im not ready to change.

also i found out when you launch applications from the terminal its not usable anymore, if you close it the application you just open closes too, go figure -_-

[qwert12345]

everything on my computer works on windows xp, now i cannot get back winxp booting. i have this linux text booter, gah i shouldn't have mess with this linux, its completely ruin my computer

Have you uninstalled PCLinuxOS? If you haven't go to:

PCC (Configure Your Computer) System >> Boot >> Setup Boot system >

Press the Next button and select the Windows XP line - now select Modify and tick the Default box then press OK - now press the Finish button.

Now when you reboot Windows XP will be the default.

no i fix the mbr with win xp recovery console, then deleted the linux partition, im kinda not trusting linux things now you know, since it can't even detect the correct drivers for my ati card.

[T6]

linux can't be blamed for the lack of support of your ati card, amd is who you need to blame, it is also unsupported in windows since 2007 or 2008

"no i fix the mbr with win xp recovery console"

you are a power user, good 

"since it can't even detect the correct drivers for my ati card."

we could help you with that if you gave us time, the right driver is x1950 and earlier, it covers cards from ati 9600(or 9800? can't remember) to the old ati radeon 7000, my current card, a ati radeon 9200 is also unsupported by ati/amd and i use the driver mentioned with very good results, in fact i don't have to configure it, just the resolution in my old samsung monitor which is very friendly with linux

the monitor on your case probably wasn't being detected properly, this is common with some video cards and older crt monitors with some refresh rates/resolutions, this happens on windows too, i say it because i work fixing pcs, mostly windows xp and vista

there is another way to enjoy linux, a virtual machine running inside windows, not the ideal way to use it but can give you ideas of what to expect on linux without installing it on your hard disk

i hope you can have better experiences with other distros and pclinux in future releases when running livecd or in a pc without other os so you can play with it and discover if you can find a use for it as many of us did many years ago

good luck with windows and remember that this forum is big and friendly, we sometimes help fix windows problems    and the sandbox is interesting

[qwert12345]

i can run freebsd fine with the same machine everything just works on it,installs in under 10 minutes on my machine.

 wouldn't call my self a power user even if i can do that.

the point is pclinuxos can't do something as simple as changing  a resolution correctly.

if anyone is interested in freebsd its really easy to setup as oppose to linux distros, the installer is very intuitive.

you can have kde4 setup in less than minutes if you got a fast gig.

[qwert12345]

^ you got it wrong, i did change the resoulution, and it didn't work properply like its suppose to.

it works on windows, works on freebsd,works on other distros. jeez i wonder why it doesn't work properly with pclinux.

i had to use the monitor's hard coded settings just to align the screen back correctly everytime.