Re: [gentoo-user] ati drivers.

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

On Donnerstag 12 November 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Thursday 12 November 2009 23:55:02 Igor wrote:
> > В сообщении от Пятница 13 ноября 2009 00:30:35 автор Volker Armin Hemmann
> >
> > написал:
> > > On Donnerstag 12 November 2009, Igor wrote:
> > > > В сообщении от Пятница 13 ноября 2009 00:05:45 автор Volker Armin
> > > > Hemmann
> > > >
> > > > написал:
> > > > > On Donnerstag 12 November 2009, Igor wrote:
> > > > > > В сообщении от Четверг 12 ноября 2009 14:53:53 автор Volker Armin
> > > > > > Hemmann
> > > > > >
> > > > > > написал:
> > > > > > > On Donnerstag 12 November 2009, Igor wrote:
> > > > > > > > Hi. I installed gentoo. It`s very cool system. But i have
> > > > > > > > problem with ati drivers for HD3850 agp. Proprietary driver
> > > > > > > > have not 2D acceleration.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > they, have but X is broken.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > When i
> > > > > > > > moved window then cpu loads on 95%. Open source driver have
> > > > > > > > not 3D
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > they have. You are just using an old version.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-789154-start-0-postdays-0-
> > > > > > >po st or de r- as c- highlight-.html
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I download xorg-server-1.6.3.901-with-patch.tar. Unpack it in
> > > > > > /usr/local/portage. But "eix unpack in /usr/local/portage" write
> > > > > > "No matches found". And emerge - "!!! 'xorg-server-1.6.3.901-r99'
> > > > > > is not a valid package atom.
> > > > > > !!! Please check ebuild(5) for full details."
> > > > >
> > > > > and /usr/local/portage is your overlay directory?
> > > > >
> > > > > try
> > > > > emerge  =x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.3.901-r99
> > > >
> > > > I had not /usr/local/portage, only  /usr/portage. I make
> > > > /usr/local/portage and unpack files.
> > >
> > > yeah, unpacking in /usr/portage is completly wrong. Just follow the
> > > instructions.
> >
> > I strictly follow the instructions. But "emerge: there are no ebuilds to
> > satisfy "=x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.3.901-r99"."
> 
> So then pick the version that you DO have that's closest.
> 
> Because obviously the instructions are telling you to install a very recent
> unstable version, and you equally obvious do not have that anymore as
>  things have changed since the instructions were written.
> 

the problem is he is unpacking in the wrong directory.
Also he has been using 1.6.3.901 before - and on that thread he can download 
several different versions.