From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SkfYF-00047U-1W for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:04:15 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A4A6FE081D for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:04:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D950FE06D6 for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:20:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from flycatcher.gentoo.org (flycatcher.gentoo.org [81.93.255.6]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EC2781B409A for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:20:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by flycatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix, from userid 617) id 087652004B; Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:20:10 +0000 (UTC) From: "Sven Vermeulen (swift)" To: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: ati-faq.xml X-VCS-Repository: gentoo X-VCS-Files: ati-faq.xml X-VCS-Directories: xml/htdocs/doc/en X-VCS-Committer: swift X-VCS-Committer-Name: Sven Vermeulen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Message-Id: <20120629162010.087652004B@flycatcher.gentoo.org> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:20:10 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: docs-team@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 0b43e2ef-2f59-43aa-ae22-01de3b74c177 X-Archives-Hash: af310e48d1b8d73501649134a058b9ce swift 12/06/29 16:20:10 Modified: ati-faq.xml Log: Fix bug #421257 - Update ATI instructions for configuring X Revision Changes Path 1.54 xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-= faq.xml?rev=3D1.54&view=3Dmarkup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-= faq.xml?rev=3D1.54&content-type=3Dtext/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-= faq.xml?r1=3D1.53&r2=3D1.54 Index: ati-faq.xml =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.53 retrieving revision 1.54 diff -u -r1.53 -r1.54 --- ati-faq.xml 14 Jun 2012 06:43:24 -0000 1.53 +++ ati-faq.xml 29 Jun 2012 16:20:09 -0000 1.54 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ - + =20 Gentoo Linux ATI FAQ @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ =20 -6 -2012-06-13 +7 +2012-06-29 =20 Hardware Support @@ -200,8 +200,9 @@ =20

-You may not need to manually create xorg.conf or modify it.= Try -running without it first. You can also use the Xorg auto configuration o= ption: +You may not need to manually create xorg.conf or modify it = if you +are using the open-source radeon driver. Try running without it first. I= f this +fails, you can use the auto-configuration option of X:

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+If you use the propriatary ATI drivers, you can get assistance for confi= guring +X through the aticonfig application (which is part of the +ati-drivers package). +

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For more information on how to get a basic xorg.conf configuratio= n file, please refer to the Gentoo X Serve= r HowTo. @@ -219,11 +226,6 @@ tool by emerging x11-misc/xac, but isn't required. =20 - -You can use aticonfig if you have installed the ati-drivers -package. - - If you're using ati-drivers, then you'll need to disable radeo= nfb (and probably any other framebuffer drivers) in your kernel config, as i= t