From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems after reemerging xorg-x11
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:26:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200609171626.40925.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9acccfe50609170753w72e43310v4bc86b9d6b83ca26@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sunday 17 September 2006 15:53, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> On 9/17/06, Bo Ørsted Andresen <bo.andresen@zlin.dk> wrote:
> > On Saturday 16 September 2006 18:52, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> > > That's good to head. I can't get the ATI module compiled in. I thought
> > > I was doing the right thing following the howto when I put this in
> > > /etc/make.conf, but it gets ignored:
> > > VIDEO_CARDS="vga vesa fbdev ati"
> > > I get the first three, but not ati.
> > >
> > > Can you advise?
> >
> > s/ati/radeon/
> >
> > VIDEO_CARDS="vga vesa fbdev radeon"
> >
> > If you want the binary driver also you should add fglrx to VIDEO_CARDS
> > too..
> >
> > --
> > Bo Andresen
>
> I was under the impression my video card was too old for the binary driver.
> It's built into the motherboard but reports as
> ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL rev 39
> does anybody know if the binary would help?
My Xorg log shows that the radeon driver happily deals with:
================================================
(II) R128: Driver for ATI Rage 128 chipsets:
ATI Rage 128 Mobility M3 LE (PCI), ATI Rage 128 Mobility M3 LF (AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Mobility M4 MF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Mobility M4 ML (AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PA (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PB (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PC (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PD (PCI),
ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PE (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PF (AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PG (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PH (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PI (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PJ (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PK (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PL (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PM (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PN (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PO (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PP (PCI),
ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PQ (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PR (PCI),
ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PS (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PT (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PU (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PV (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PW (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PX (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 GL RE (PCI), ATI Rage 128 GL RF (AGP),
ATI Rage 128 RG (AGP), ATI Rage 128 VR RK (PCI),
ATI Rage 128 VR RL (AGP), ATI Rage 128 4X SE (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 4X SF (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 4X SG (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 4X SH (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 4X SK (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 4X SL (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 4X SM (AGP),
ATI Rage 128 4X SN (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TF (AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TL (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TR (AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TS (AGP?), ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TT (AGP?),
ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TU (AGP?)
================================================
Not sure what the proprietary ati driver covers, but their website should
offer some info.
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Regards,
Mick
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-17 15:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-09-14 16:46 [gentoo-user] Problems after reemerging xorg-x11 Dan Johansson
2006-09-15 9:23 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
[not found] ` <9acccfe50609160952x19d14fb6l6765aa801a47a62d@mail.gmail.com>
2006-09-17 11:40 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2006-09-17 14:53 ` Kevin O'Gorman
2006-09-17 15:26 ` Mick [this message]
2006-09-17 18:23 ` Kevin O'Gorman
2006-09-18 2:30 ` Walter Dnes
2006-09-17 23:16 ` Ryan Tandy
2006-09-18 0:46 ` Kevin O'Gorman
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