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From: "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cryptic warning message x11-drivers:ati-drivers-8.32.5 build
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:21:44 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070221012144.GA13692@waltdnes.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200702191013.36320.alan@linuxholdings.co.za>

On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 10:13:36AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote

> Rconfigure and recompile the kernel:
> 
> make menuconfig -> Device Drivers -> Character Devices -> Direct 
> Rendering Manager
> 
> make it a module. Or, you can just deselect it as the ati drivers 
> provide their own drm implementation. If you leave the in-kernel 
> version enabled as a module you will have to ensure that the drm module 
> is not loaded when X starts

  Thanks for the explanation of the process.

 
> This is all documented by ATI in nice html format in an "ati*" directory 
> in /usr/share/doc/

  Not if I have "-doc" in my USE var<g>.

-- 
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1
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  reply	other threads:[~2007-02-21  1:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-18  5:30 [gentoo-user] Cryptic warning message x11-drivers:ati-drivers-8.32.5 build Walter Dnes
2007-02-19  8:13 ` Alan McKinnon
2007-02-21  1:21   ` Walter Dnes [this message]
     [not found]     ` <200702210958.47126.alan@linuxholdings.co.za>
2007-02-23  3:53       ` [gentoo-user] Documentation annoyances Walter Dnes
2007-02-23  4:06         ` Zac Medico
2007-02-23  7:58           ` Alan McKinnon
2007-02-24 20:05           ` Walter Dnes
2007-02-23  7:56         ` Alan McKinnon

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