my e1505 arrives tomorrow and i'll load up VM and install linux and FreeBSD to see what happens.  I got the x1400 so if it works the x1300 should as well

I havent tried it on my new Dell E1505 with X1400. But it seems ATI has come up with new drivers.

They can be found here

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=300

Hi,
i saw that site but the release notes says the driver only supports till x800. Probably it might work but i just wanted to make sure if anyone actually tried because i am not so good with linux configuration

praveen

Hi try_w,

I can actually try with the vmware but do you think u can share the laptop hardware(graphics card) with vmware. I am not sure if it is going to work.i used vmware for running some programs a year back but don't remember seeing anything like that. If there is a way, please let me know.

praveen

No for VM it does not use the same driver. I dont know which VM you are using but I know about VMware that it has internal drivers.

Well I think if the drivers are not for X1300 or X1400 we'll have to wait.

Regarding the normal operation your could try the normal VGA drivers i think they should work in normal mode.

Ankit

Hey Guys,

New ATI Drivers are available for X1400 and X1300

See here
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.24.8.html#172394

You can download them from here
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=1176