Re: [gentoo-user] Re: (unknown)

[Vishnupradeep <intermedia.vishnu@gmail.com>]

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Thanks, Effects is working..

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de> wrote:

> On 10/25/2011 12:58 AM, Mick wrote:
>
>> Does this need adding to /etc/make.conf?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes.  Everyone who uses an AMD card should have "radeon" in VIDEO_CARDS,
>>> followed by either "r300" or "r600".  Of course only when we're taking
>>> about the X.Org drivers.  If you're going to use the Catalyst
>>> proprietary drivers, you should put "fglrx" in VIDEO_CARDS.
>>>
>>
>> OK, I've added it and I'm remerging mesa to see what difference it makes.
>>
>
> If mesa doesn't get automatically rebuilt (changing VIDEO_CARDS counts as a
> USE flags change, so "emerge -uDN world" will pick it up), then that means
> you're using a version of mesa that doesn't recognize "r600".
>
> I'm on mesa-9999 (one of the very few live ebuilds I use).  Now that I
> checked this, it's the only version to recognize "r300" and "r600" in
> VIDEO_CARDS.  However, that also means that future release versions of mesa
> will also recognize them (the live ebuilds are always a precursor of things
> to come.)  So adding "r300" or "r600" now doesn't hurt and will ensure you
> don't forget to do so later when mesa 7.12 (or 8.0?) comes out.
>
>
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