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 1ORspD-0005Fv-El for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:15:03 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AF8BAE07AB; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:13:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 751A0E07AB for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:13:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyb34 with SMTP id 34so1743697wyb.40 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:13:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=3PUUslZrD6TG3g4sLx7GJtKuTHmdyoPT8FDwUGzChJM=; b=CECLZ9280IiYCKulfLsAb9tBM994+tIfUueqYfhl++2Rcp0mNa9KP/kVGZDr0P6tGa uhFJZsJCo1YSjRtQTuWcLYWRnyJ4cEI7CfqwTWgtzhiDihY1iPak7/HfKvMeJsYbA0Mw jgrasZ8iIUWpSYthSQwMDmcdoacRIFq5ioq5g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=euOoAgYBkRTreDSZMiUQe0awmUJFIvim66iuL1/dm9buM5Edxzo35Nu6M4PdUCtcnx 9THxNEGbq4hdlFO1yNG0g71q0w2EInwMOnsjNWjQkOep9bJBKm1tPiqMc2MVjxjnzz0/ mdi8Txwn+QKfbo50p62zRm05RNxASe1FKsvqk= Received: by 10.227.68.146 with SMTP id v18mr9456316wbi.181.1277410435721; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:13:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k33sm22543606wbn.0.2010.06.24.13.13.53 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:13:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ATI RV710/730 Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:13:25 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.4 (Linux/2.6.33-gentoo-r2; KDE/4.3.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <201006232247.27428.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <4C2315AF.4030206@admin-box.com> In-Reply-To: <4C2315AF.4030206@admin-box.com> 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 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2626030.lYvaDHxDUd"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201006242113.53888.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 58ecf1c0-97df-4839-b7a5-7c353c3cd399 X-Archives-Hash: f35cd9e4b366353c65815694a351df01 --nextPart2626030.lYvaDHxDUd Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thursday 24 June 2010 09:22:07 Daniel Troeder wrote: > On 06/23/2010 11:47 PM, Mick wrote: > > On Wednesday 23 June 2010 09:08:02 Daniel Troeder wrote: > >> On 06/07/2010 01:33 AM, James wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> I have this ati card. I'm having trouble finding a stable > >>> ati-driver + xorg-server combination that will compile. > >>> > >>> > >>> Any recommendations as to open source drivers or getting ati-drivers > >>> happy with 9.x or 10.x is most welcome. I read a lot of bugs but > >>> not much clear on how to proceed.... > >>> > >>> > >>> James > >> > >> x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.6 > >> x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.12.6 > >> x11-drivers/ati-drivers-10.6 > >> > >> both drivers work well. to install both you have to make drm a module > >> and not load radeon with kms. switching is possible if you shutdown X > >> but might require a reboot (it doesn't, but you lack hw-accel. if you > >> don't). > > > > Hmm interesting! How do the ati drivers perform Vs xorg? >=20 > ATI: 3D is very good - a must for gaming, 2D is SLOW! (thou they did > something about that with 10.6 - experience differs for users - its > said that window management is fast now, but video still has tearing > effect [also my exp.]) > Latest driver (10.6) work with xorg-server-1.7.x only and kernel module > has problems with >=3D2.6.34 (exp. differ). >=20 > Xorg: 3D is basic and very slow but works (the newer the driver/server > the better, development is VERY fast), 2D is a dream (very fast, no > tearing with video)! > Driver is released with Xorg - so work always with newest Xorg, kernel > module is in-kernel - work always with newest kernel :) Driver supports > both KMS and user space MS. Thanks Daniel! I'm using Xorg driver with KMS and it seems that things are= =20 only going to get better if I wait for a while. :-) =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart2626030.lYvaDHxDUd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkwjvIEACgkQVTDTR3kpaLYF7ACcCUJjPJbbVpOMc7p/vk8fxp9v ATYAoIi65wf6/LGpRzNbYQfxHb7s20K/ =CJMu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2626030.lYvaDHxDUd--