From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DA89198005 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:48:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4D482E06D9; Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:48:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B2E7AE0478 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:48:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f53.google.com with SMTP id j10so1336946bkw.12 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:48:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=57etOSwri3ALjDLDoQRR4oQXeixmnYtjNtJH5samerk=; b=y98S9A9F/Tgy283/dr+44/1qXd1pozd1OMs171UZtnvwD3ahGWu8Mc8JJiYhQDqlhb qce/ij4BJg0x/1wgfL6rmO8b/P4iPn0lFxVlteJwfvGgaZXdz+CAeWc/LAWA2ox3U94a PaIszt9JI7we21EowU+n0rou4Mpd9I5yhglZ0jm0j8/hQ0UAcOtXHPP5CiiiFMnua99L dxafN+cyfle2PrAkBj18Qbr5geHMV/J5oFzJQAUWmhPjexy9WKQ33vIt58477oHcXGql /akaxV9sJk+9JkMbCDpG++GrtNNMzyycWfKl2opSWUhYUvBvM8gJkC4ZZ2LcxmH2fzr3 y13Q== X-Received: by 10.205.100.198 with SMTP id cx6mr3357884bkc.106.1362919689176; Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:48:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.178.21] (p57A85201.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [87.168.82.1]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k4sm3041176bkv.18.2013.03.10.05.48.07 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:48:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <513C8107.3050805@googlemail.com> Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:48:07 +0100 From: Volker Armin Hemmann User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130222 Thunderbird/17.0.3 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] A question concerning graphics... References: <513C4A32.2040402@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <513C4A32.2040402@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 747736f5-fa11-423a-ac1b-04f73360c685 X-Archives-Hash: 5bcc0d99098820f9d01e9b87fb383d64 Am 10.03.2013 09:54, schrieb Chris Walters: > Hello Everyone, > > I have a couple of questions concerning what graphic drivers you use. > Does anyone use the proprietary ATI drivers, or have used them? Would > you recommend them? I just recently started using the ati-drivers > package, but I don't really notice a difference - yes it does say the > frame rate is much higher, but I am not sure it is worth losing my > framebuffer over them. > > Technically, I lost my frame buffer because I am using an initramfs > (initrd) because I have an encrypted root file system, and a separate > non-encrypted usr partition. I still have not been able to figure out > how to get either uvesafb or vesafb working through the initramfs. > They will both load fine, before my initrd starts, then they seem to > disappear. > > In case you're wondering, before I changed to the proprietary ati > drivers, I was using the kernel framebuffer for my video card(s). Two > Radeon HD 5000 series cards. I did have to insert the proper ucode > into my kernel, but it worked. > > Chris > > . > yes, it is worth using them. Because of proper power management alone. You might not care about framerates, but the open source drivers use a lot more energy - for nothing.