Re: [gentoo-user] Problems after reemerging xorg-x11

["Kevin O'Gorman" <kogorman@gmail.com>]

On 9/17/06, Bo Ørsted Andresen <bo.andresen@zlin.dk> wrote:
> On Saturday 16 September 2006 18:52, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> > That's good to head. I can't get the ATI module compiled in. I thought I
> > was doing the right thing following the howto when I put this in
> > /etc/make.conf, but it gets ignored:
> > VIDEO_CARDS="vga vesa fbdev ati"
> > I get the first three, but not ati.
> >
> > Can you advise?
>
> s/ati/radeon/
>
> VIDEO_CARDS="vga vesa fbdev radeon"
>
> If you want the binary driver also you should add fglrx to VIDEO_CARDS too..
>
> --
> Bo Andresen

I was under the impression my video card was too old for the binary driver.
It's built into the motherboard but reports as
    ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL rev 39
does anybody know if the binary would help?

++ kevin

-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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