[gentoo-catalyst] Catalyst and modular Xorg

[gentoo-catalyst] Catalyst and modular Xorg

[Luca Casagrande]

Hi to all!
Thanks your great help i have successfully created a stage3 and now i am going 
to build livecd-stage1...Does i need to add all use flag for nvidia and ati 
to use proprietary driver, or it's enough to add 
xorg,nvidia-kernel,nvidia-glx and ati-drivers to package list without any 
related use flag?

Thanks
Luca
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Re: [gentoo-catalyst] Catalyst and modular Xorg

[Chris Gianelloni]

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On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 00:55 +0200, Luca Casagrande wrote:
> Hi to all!
> Thanks your great help i have successfully created a stage3 and now i am going 
> to build livecd-stage1...Does i need to add all use flag for nvidia and ati 
> to use proprietary driver, or it's enough to add 
> xorg,nvidia-kernel,nvidia-glx and ati-drivers to package list without any 
> related use flag?

The binary drivers require a configured kernel, so they need to be built
in livecd-stage2.

Also, if you plan on giving this CD to *anyone* at all, you cannot use
the binary drivers.  It is against the law to distribute the binary
drivers in a compiled form, since they violate the GPL and thereby
copyright on the Linux kernel.

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Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
x86 Architecture Team
Games - Developer
Gentoo Linux

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Re: [gentoo-catalyst] Catalyst and modular Xorg

[Luca Casagrande]

Alle 16:10, martedì 08 agosto 2006, Chris Gianelloni ha scritto:
> On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 00:55 +0200, Luca Casagrande wrote:
> > Hi to all!
> > Thanks your great help i have successfully created a stage3 and now i am
> > going to build livecd-stage1...Does i need to add all use flag for nvidia
> > and ati to use proprietary driver, or it's enough to add
> > xorg,nvidia-kernel,nvidia-glx and ati-drivers to package list without any
> > related use flag?
>
> The binary drivers require a configured kernel, so they need to be built
> in livecd-stage2.
>
> Also, if you plan on giving this CD to *anyone* at all, you cannot use
> the binary drivers.  It is against the law to distribute the binary
> drivers in a compiled form, since they violate the GPL and thereby
> copyright on the Linux kernel.

Thanks for your answer Chris!
I have read this about the problem kororaa live distro...Then there's no way 
of building a livecd that uses nvidia and ATI driver? Then i don't understand 
how other live distro do...

Thanks
Luca
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Re: [gentoo-catalyst] Catalyst and modular Xorg

[Caleb Cushing]

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most use xfree86 and vesa drivers.

On 8/8/06, Luca Casagrande <luca.casagrande@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Alle 16:10, martedì 08 agosto 2006, Chris Gianelloni ha scritto:
> > On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 00:55 +0200, Luca Casagrande wrote:
> > > Hi to all!
> > > Thanks your great help i have successfully created a stage3 and now i
> am
> > > going to build livecd-stage1...Does i need to add all use flag for
> nvidia
> > > and ati to use proprietary driver, or it's enough to add
> > > xorg,nvidia-kernel,nvidia-glx and ati-drivers to package list without
> any
> > > related use flag?
> >
> > The binary drivers require a configured kernel, so they need to be built
> > in livecd-stage2.
> >
> > Also, if you plan on giving this CD to *anyone* at all, you cannot use
> > the binary drivers.  It is against the law to distribute the binary
> > drivers in a compiled form, since they violate the GPL and thereby
> > copyright on the Linux kernel.
>
> Thanks for your answer Chris!
> I have read this about the problem kororaa live distro...Then there's no
> way
> of building a livecd that uses nvidia and ATI driver? Then i don't
> understand
> how other live distro do...
>
> Thanks
> Luca
> --
> "Chiunque può simpatizzare col dolore di un amico, ma solo chi ha un animo
> nobile riesce a simpatizzare col successo di un amico (Oscar Wilde)"
>
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Re: [gentoo-catalyst] Catalyst and modular Xorg

[Luca Casagrande]

And use opengl via MESA?

Luca

Alle 16:33, martedì 08 agosto 2006, Caleb Cushing ha scritto:
> most use xfree86 and vesa drivers.
>
> On 8/8/06, Luca Casagrande <luca.casagrande@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Alle 16:10, martedì 08 agosto 2006, Chris Gianelloni ha scritto:
> > > The binary drivers require a configured kernel, so they need to be
> > > built in livecd-stage2.
> > >
> > > Also, if you plan on giving this CD to *anyone* at all, you cannot use
> > > the binary drivers.  It is against the law to distribute the binary
> > > drivers in a compiled form, since they violate the GPL and thereby
> > > copyright on the Linux kernel.
> >
> > Thanks for your answer Chris!
> > I have read this about the problem kororaa live distro...Then there's no
> > way
> > of building a livecd that uses nvidia and ATI driver? Then i don't
> > understand
> > how other live distro do...
> >
> > Thanks
> > Luca
> > --


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Re: [gentoo-catalyst] Catalyst and modular Xorg

[Caleb Cushing]

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maybe I haven't investigated that far.... how many livecd's are actually
providing dri opengl?

On 8/8/06, Luca Casagrande <luca.casagrande@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> And use opengl via MESA?
>
> Luca
>
> Alle 16:33, martedì 08 agosto 2006, Caleb Cushing ha scritto:
> > most use xfree86 and vesa drivers.
> >
> > On 8/8/06, Luca Casagrande <luca.casagrande@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Alle 16:10, martedì 08 agosto 2006, Chris Gianelloni ha scritto:
> > > > The binary drivers require a configured kernel, so they need to be
> > > > built in livecd-stage2.
> > > >
> > > > Also, if you plan on giving this CD to *anyone* at all, you cannot
> use
> > > > the binary drivers.  It is against the law to distribute the binary
> > > > drivers in a compiled form, since they violate the GPL and thereby
> > > > copyright on the Linux kernel.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your answer Chris!
> > > I have read this about the problem kororaa live distro...Then there's
> no
> > > way
> > > of building a livecd that uses nvidia and ATI driver? Then i don't
> > > understand
> > > how other live distro do...
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Luca
> > > --
>
>
> --
> "Chiunque può simpatizzare col dolore di un amico, ma solo chi ha un animo
> nobile riesce a simpatizzare col successo di un amico (Oscar Wilde)"
>
> LINUX User #411601
> GENTOO-GIS Development Team
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>
>
>
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Re: [gentoo-catalyst] Catalyst and modular Xorg

[Chris Gianelloni]

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On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 16:22 +0200, Luca Casagrande wrote:
> I have read this about the problem kororaa live distro...Then there's no way 
> of building a livecd that uses nvidia and ATI driver? Then i don't understand 
> how other live distro do...

They're breaking the law.  Plain and simple.

The *only* way that you can do this is to provide the sources for the
kernel, the drivers, and a toolchain, and compile the drivers at boot.
Anything else is in violation of the GPL, and, at least in any country
that is a member of the WIPO, illegal.

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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
x86 Architecture Team
Games - Developer
Gentoo Linux

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