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 1P6uNc-0003UN-Gm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:12:08 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C6452E084B; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:11:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oproxy1-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy1-pub.bluehost.com [66.147.249.253]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 84E5BE084B for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:11:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 24500 invoked by uid 0); 15 Oct 2010 23:13:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box347.bluehost.com) (69.89.31.147) by oproxy1.bluehost.com.bluehost.com with SMTP; 15 Oct 2010 23:13:52 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=lotussevencars.com; h=Received:Subject:From:Reply-To:To:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:Date:Message-ID:Mime-Version:X-Mailer:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Identified-User; b=FMZHO5TvvYdlfh9XkJo8uznfi9lpObSE9NbKr1DCnz+fbWvOV7RXNPzfJDz85bQfdF3iIzx0CELQ1EweKObS3KBeAKOsqgS/IPtY0E3+7/qtiJfhcGl0tqw07S2eJWTu; Received: from user-0ce2mp2.cable.mindspring.com ([24.225.91.34] helo=[192.168.2.100]) by box347.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (SSLv3:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P6uMc-0002iY-9Q for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:11:06 -0600 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Trying to configure Radeon card From: Jeff Cranmer To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: <1286926877.8946.11.camel@laptop.limeyworld> <1287019394.12756.12.camel@laptop.limeyworld> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:11:08 -0400 Message-ID: <1287187868.5053.4.camel@laptop.limeyworld> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.1.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Identified-User: {793:box347.bluehost.com:lotussev:lotussevencars.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.225.91.34 authed with jeff@lotussevencars.com} X-Archives-Salt: c5745663-0494-4e41-84ff-c1808760c0d3 X-Archives-Hash: 53f3385fe1922aa0458bfc09e0cf2387 On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 10:32 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > You mentioned that you used "fglrxinfo" in your post, which assumes > you're using the closed source driver :-/ Another hint was that you're > using an HD5000 series card, which is not supported correctly by the > open source drivers anyway at this point. > Yeah - I realised afterwards that I had left a few things in place from a failed attempt at installing the closed source drivers. > Anyway, if you're on open source drivers, I think that's your problem. > Only the closed source driver works correctly with 3D for HD5000 cards > at this moment. > > Thanks for the advice. I'll take another crack at the closed source drivers, and if that doesn't work, I'll rip out the $%^& thing and replace it with an Nvidia card Jeff