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 34CAD198005 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:53:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 90B37E0747; Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:53:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.hadt.biz (sil.hadt.biz [5.9.16.100]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 34DF5E06FE for ; Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:53:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.255.100] (p5B343D8E.dip.t-dialin.net [91.52.61.142]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.hadt.biz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7646C4004D for ; Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:53:47 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <513D0EFB.2040108@hadt.biz> Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:53:47 +0100 From: Michael Hampicke User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130307 Thunderbird/17.0.4 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> <513C7C83.7040903@hadt.biz> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 4a15a421-037b-4f97-9d42-14b0cb5b245d X-Archives-Hash: 7ca6d9118192df01e34c4db8b2f61450 Am 10.03.2013 21:48, schrieb Alecks Gates: > On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 7:28 AM, Michael Hampicke wrote: > [...] >> I use the ati-drivers package, and I'd say there are pretty solid now. I >> first started using ati-drivers with my HD2600 card card - as the kernel >> drivers did not support the power saving mechanisms of the card. No >> power saving on the HD2600 meant just when idling: 60 degree C and a >> power usage of over 30 watts more then when using the kernel driver. Not >> to mention the noise of the fan. When I bought my new HD 7770 card last >> year, it was not supported by the kernel, so I sticked with the >> ati-drivers. Everythings works as it's supposed to. Dual screen setup >> with different solutions, power saving when idling, 3D power when you >> need it (steam games), opencl works fine too. >> > > I just bought a 7770 myself, and have been interested in getting a > dual monitor setup with ati-drivers. What steps do I have to take? > Just fire up the AMD catalyst control center, configure to your liking, that's it pretty much. I do run gnome 3.6 - but configuring dual monitors only with gnome (via system settings) was not possible.