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 1MJdk3-0008Qg-0u for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:27:07 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B18ECE03BD; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:27:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f193.google.com (mail-yx0-f193.google.com [209.85.210.193]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95C98E03BD for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:27:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe31 with SMTP id 31so1717708yxe.32 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:27:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=whZ2+hwasInhLXr8ClXHv4r7FgTvViQMMk7W0TdM8ss=; b=KD2V4w/WGmyj72f5iCNldJ/E2TQvyVKYwrsxKiB7S2ZuhCZtjaX65cbA+tPoJmLA0n ghndtcU3Okpj4plskrv8PJ+QaGaG5GjUNPtzr6koVM56AEDBLs8gIRKZ2+kH4s0bdzIb VsxgGG5anMejDqPoAuKlKIO1XKsgkA+dABx+0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Xu3LQV+NTz9vQOgbyifAh9iSPKff9m3xdSTqR6sqtVIWu1ViWLILEW2RJJ5OWCXlKJ tXq0eb7S8i+BbTBU6jFPKt8v6XNnPZH8zGsZPJYlO8nYuM++T/dVcJs0rTfFDdnFTsqg MoPsyeV3+FgjjsUDngC9GkY9S55E34B9pa77c= 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 Received: by 10.150.152.3 with SMTP id z3mr3613840ybd.112.1245893225316; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:27:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5602B0BD6D59AE4791BE83104940118DC2F3D9E2@excprdmbxw002.optus.com.au> References: <5bdc1c8b0906241746u2a06aa76kb128527efcbe74da@mail.gmail.com> <5602B0BD6D59AE4791BE83104940118DC2F3D9E2@excprdmbxw002.optus.com.au> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:27:05 -0700 Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b0906241827u4e59445cw2db817a4c74da690@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server-1.5 update/old kernel+old fglrx From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 6113b263-db77-4c4c-ac49-481aacfff6b0 X-Archives-Hash: ce74637980d77c342fb2abd9fbb3d65a On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Adam Carter wrote: >> I am scanning the /var/log/Xorg.0.log looking for info on what chip >> this is. I'm not finding anything that says what Radeon family it's >> part of. lspci tells me what I posted here already - that it's part of >> the IGP 9100 family. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ATI_Graphics_Processing_Units says its an R200. > >> I found this page at the AMD/ATI site but I suspect it's for a newer >> version of the chipset: >> >> http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon9100igp/features.html >> >> I'm going to pursue this with more dedication as it is really the only >> current path I've heard of so far that gives me a chance to stay >> current with Gentoo. >> >> What VIDEO_DEVICES setting might one use to get this driver called up? >> Either ati or radeon and check that it installs Open Source? > > So you want the radeon/ati driver, the package name is xf86-video-ati, so I guess that means you want ati in VIDEO_DEVICES. > >> It is a bunch of work, but it would be great if I can use it. > > I thought emerge xf86-video-ati, then swapping Driver "flgrx" to Driver "radeon" in xorg.conf was all that is required?? > > No, I need a new kernel also. The kernel on this machine is 2 years old. Also, I have about a dozen packages masked so I've unmasked those and will need to get the whole machine up to date. None the less I'm happy to do it if there's any chance it will work. Thanks, Mark