Dell Dimension E510 (aka Dimension 5150n), ATI Radeon X600, & Ubuntu

[Randy W. Sims]

Tod Merley wrote:
> [4294668.963000] Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
> [4294668.963000] pnp: PnP ACPI init
> [4294668.990000] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 7 devices
> [4294668.990000] PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP
> [4294668.990000] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
> [4294668.990000] PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq".  If 
> it helps, post a report
> [4294669.012000] pnp: 00:00: ioport range 0x800-0x85f could not be reserved
> [4294669.012000] pnp: 00:00: ioport range 0xc00-0xc7f has been reserved
> 
> (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
> (II) ATI:  Candidate "Device" section "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon 
> X600 (RV370)".
> (WW) ATI:  PCI Mach64 in slot 1:0:0 could not be detected!
> (WW) ATI:  PCI Mach64 in slot 1:0:1 could not be detected!
> (EE) No devices detected.
> 
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> 
> In this context the following is interesting:
> 
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2005/01/msg00316.html
> 
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=122145
> 
> http://fanteta.altervista.org/gentoo_dell_inspiron_8600c/index_gentoo.html
> "" .. ""
> --
> PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
> ** PCI interrupts are no longer routed automatically. If this
> ** causes a device to stop working, it is probably because the
> ** driver failed to call pci_enable_device(). As a temporary
> ** workaround, the "pci=routeirq" argument restores the old
> ** behavior. If this argument makes the device work again,
> ** please email the output of "lspci" to bjorn.helgaas at xxxxxx
> ** so I can fix the driver.
> ---
> ""  ..  ""
> 

Hi Tod,

Thanks for your response. I tried the suggestion above, but no joy. I'm 
still stuck at the same point.

I used to love doing these week-long configure marathons, running 
slackware back in the 90's. I think I knew more about linux and X then. 
But I closed my eyes for a minute and everything changed, or I just got 
lazy. These days I just want it up and running. Maybe I should consider 
installing Knoppix ??? (Not meant as an insult to Ubuntu; more my lack 
of skill). Maybe even SUSE, but I would prefer to stick with a 
Debian-based distro. And even though the computer I got is shipped with 
RedHat (under the Dell n-series moniker), I really, really don't like 
RedHat; I've tried that distro several times over the years and was 
never happy.

I'd still prefer Ubuntu, if anyone can help with getting this ATI X600 
card working. I guess I could also ask over on debian-user, and maybe 
look for a xorg list...

Thanks for any help or suggestions.

Randy.