The newer proprietary ATI driver works pretty well so I consider this issue closed. -- FWM, 26-Jun-2005

I bought two new machines configured as follows. I posted this message to vip.asus.com at the end of April, and there has been no response yet. Anyway, maybe I would suggest that if you're thinking of utilizing this combo to run Linux: don't. There is absolutely no support for it, whether you're looking for an off-the-shelf driver (open source or not) or of a more technical nature to attempt to get it to work.

It's a pity. It almost works with some hacking so that it continues to initialize in V3 mode and with a default (not Athlon specific) kernel installed. The fonts seem a little ugly, and most basic stuff (for instance most productivity apps) will work. xcruise even works. ;-). But the really graphics-intensive stuff (including all of the game demos) dies with either the app folding up and going away or in rare cases the entire box locking up.

In non-accellerated mode it does work, but then, what's the point?

Fred Morris
fredm3047@inwa.net (I-ACK) (be sure to put I-ACK on the subject or from lines if attempting to e-mail me at that address)

Apply date : 4/29/2004 3:12:53 PM

[Contact Information]
Name : Fred Morris
Email : xxxxxxxxx
Telephone : xxxxxxx
City : Seattle, Washington
Country : United States

[Product Information]
Product Type : Graphic Card
Model Name : A9200 Series
Product Type : Graphic Card
Product Serial No : A040800075418
Purchase Location : www.infotechnow.com
Purchase Date : 2004/4/21
MB Vendor : ASUS
MB version : SN 42MM7h0521
MB BIOS version :
CPU Vendor : AMD
CPU Type : Athlon XP 2400
CPU Speed : 2000MHz
Memory Vendor : Samsung
Memory Type : DDR
Memory Size : 512
HD Vendor :
HD Name :
HD Size :
Addon Card Vendor :
Addon Card Type :
Addon Card Name :

Operating System : SuSE Linux 82 (2.4.20-4GB-athlon)

[Problem Description]
Sent as feedback to KB_ID=81693:

I am trying to get your ASUS Radeon 9200 card to work on a A7V8X-X motherboard
under SuSE 8.2 (2.4.20-4GB-athlon kernel). I am using the ATI fglrx driver
(naturally), since you people don't have one for download which I can find.
Unfortunately it sees the Northbridge as a VIA Apollo KT400, but in v2 compatibility
mode. To be precise, inside agpgart_be.c in agp_find_supported_device it sees
PCI_DEVICE_ID_8377_0 but find_agpv3_capptr fails. find_agpv2_capptr then succeeds,
but the driver is unable to to continue setup in v2 mode.

I am willing to help in any way I can!