Difference between revisions of "ATI Mobility Radeon 7500"
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==== External VGA port ==== | ==== External VGA port ==== | ||
Works fine with open-source drivers. It turns on automatically when an external display is present. It can also be used for dualhead with Xinerama (with different resolutions on both screens) or MergedFB. | Works fine with open-source drivers. It turns on automatically when an external display is present. It can also be used for dualhead with Xinerama (with different resolutions on both screens) or MergedFB. | ||
| + | Has anybody ever tried to connect 2 external Screens (VGA + DVI via Portreplicator) ? | ||
==== SVideo port ==== | ==== SVideo port ==== | ||
Revision as of 16:45, 8 September 2005
ATI Mobility Radeon 7500This is a ATI video adapter Features
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Linux driver - OpenSource
This adapter is supported by recent versions of the 'radeon' driver as found in X.Org and XFree86.
ThinkPad LCD
Display on the internal LCD works as long as you set the monitor settings correct
External VGA port
Works fine with open-source drivers. It turns on automatically when an external display is present. It can also be used for dualhead with Xinerama (with different resolutions on both screens) or MergedFB. Has anybody ever tried to connect 2 external Screens (VGA + DVI via Portreplicator) ?
SVideo port
SVideo out is supported by the ati.2 driver from the GATOS project.
Read here how to set it up.
Linux driver - Proprietary
ATi's proprietary Linux drivers support only the R200/FireGL graphics chips and above. The Mobility Radeon 7500 is based on the R100 graphics chip, so the only driver available for Linux is through the open-source radeon DRI.
