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On 15 October 2011 23:44, CJoeB <colleen.beamer@gmail.com> wrote:
> (...)
If this is your first install, is FrameBuffer (pretty consoles) really
a vital component of getting your machine up and running?
If not, then you should not have any fb driver in your grub.conf (and
perhaps add 'nofb' to your kernel options line.
If it is, then by far the easiest way of getting it to work is by
using the same driver for X as you do for the framebuffer (allowing
Kernel Modeswitching, or KMS). In the case of radeon cards, this can
be done with the open-source driver, as described by others.
Take a look at
en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon
for a pretty comprehensive guide. I maintain it, so if you find
anything hard to follow, please edit the page or post here describing
what should be improved.
Good luck -
JB