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 1MJemF-00063b-7H for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:33:27 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F0DB5E02F1; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:33:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f227.google.com (mail-gx0-f227.google.com [209.85.217.227]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD6E7E02F1 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:33:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk27 with SMTP id 27so1173977gxk.10 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:33:25 -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=eadHjinn+nECu/BkdAlTYA0KI7sols9reFghyZO0/Rg=; b=wkCiwU6m66Zp48x2d5PIqIg9bR+OHBuezN7aorXd2A5hOmtAdnRicBBCni4J84Xk9p 1E6qCh4px2RHDq3UxjQgjRb/mSdHf6K2c9TVQy9dq2C0kDPYektjAODZ2N58h0g6VxBn m+cTx7Lk9Ss7IMk/HCJQ+tNhbuwqbmBjoWwA0= 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=WtHg9u/S3T+23E6nYv3eEen2jwIcETqGcN+In7CYHB0zvvrexsV5ZSQJj6BU8GgHPe 4fdf1p/ugiXtVVpHyQFvfqNqdk8WEE1z4ufsFckI1sqWkiiEQG2l0/Vc2PSvYwW+CW4c S3jfrXR9W1r0n93dTm869mz5Z1aA6G173RqCE= 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 10.151.128.7 with SMTP id f7mr3670616ybn.227.1245897205506; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:33:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <5bdc1c8b0906241746u2a06aa76kb128527efcbe74da@mail.gmail.com> <5602B0BD6D59AE4791BE83104940118DC2F3D9E2@excprdmbxw002.optus.com.au> <5bdc1c8b0906241827u4e59445cw2db817a4c74da690@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:33:25 -0700 Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b0906241933n251d3d27vf1b314a8b5b488a8@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: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 6ef61f91-6d3f-4f97-b808-67b19a0f6d3e X-Archives-Hash: 3998ad075f3d27bebb99c0f651dc84ff On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 06/25/2009 04:27 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: >>> >>> 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. > > If it works, better make sure you keep the system up to date. =C2=A0Gento= o will > bark and bite you at some point if you don't; I'm sure you figured that o= ut > by now :P > Except for being forced into all these old kernel and video packages the machine has been kept up to date. Now it will be completely up to date. :-) The new kernel booted the first time and except for me forgetting to enable the correct NIC things looked good. I added the 3c590 and now can get to it over ssh. emerge -DuN @world will take a few hours as there are a number of packages to update. Tomorrow I will delve into the newer Open Source ATI driver and see how things go. Wish me luck. cheers, Mark