[gentoo-user] ati-drivers to radeon

[gentoo-user] ati-drivers to radeon

[James]

Hello,


Currently, on an old laptop I have this chip:
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 
Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])                   
      

using ati-drivers, all if fine with:

#### xorg-server-1.5.3-r5                                                        
#### ati-drivers-8.593                                                           
#### xorg-x11-7.4                                                                
#### linux -> linux-2.6.28-gentoo-r5/     

I want to convert to the open-source radeon driver


I'm not finding instruction docs (except very old) so here's
what I have found to do.

edit /etc/make.conf:

VIDEO_CARDS="radeon vesa"
(I keep vesa for a backup....)

emerge -C ati-drivers

run 'qlist -I -C x11-drivers/'

and rebuild the list of supporting drivers?
<reboot>

???  that simple or did I miss something?


It seems like there use to be a conversion guide,
but, no luck finding that doc. Once I get the radeon
driver working, I was then going to update X. However,
since I'm keeping this system on kde 3.5.x, until
kde4 is stable (at least on this laptop), 
or should I wait on upgrading X?


comments are welcome....


James

Re: [gentoo-user] ati-drivers to radeon

[Ward Poelmans]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 19:10, James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> VIDEO_CARDS="radeon vesa"
> (I keep vesa for a backup....)
>
> emerge -C ati-drivers
>
> run 'qlist -I -C x11-drivers/'
>
> and rebuild the list of supporting drivers?
> <reboot>
>
> ???  that simple or did I miss something?

Yes, change your xorg.conf. Change 'Driver "fglx"' to 'Driver "radeon"'.

Ward

[gentoo-user] Re: ati-drivers to radeon

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 09/21/2009 08:10 PM, James wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Currently, on an old laptop I have this chip:
> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc
> Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>
> using ati-drivers, all if fine with:
>
> #### xorg-server-1.5.3-r5
> #### ati-drivers-8.593
> #### xorg-x11-7.4
> #### linux ->  linux-2.6.28-gentoo-r5/
>
> I want to convert to the open-source radeon driver
>
>
> I'm not finding instruction docs (except very old) so here's
> what I have found to do.
>
> edit /etc/make.conf:
>
> VIDEO_CARDS="radeon vesa"
> (I keep vesa for a backup....)
>
> emerge -C ati-drivers
>
> run 'qlist -I -C x11-drivers/'
>
> and rebuild the list of supporting drivers?
> <reboot>
>
> ???  that simple or did I miss something?

One more thing.  Enable DRM support in the kernel and select the Radeon 
DRM driver.  You need this or else you won't get accelerated graphics.

[gentoo-user] Re: ati-drivers to radeon

[James]

Ward Poelmans <wpoely86 <at> gmail.com> writes:


> Yes, change your xorg.conf. Change 'Driver "fglx"' to 'Driver "radeon"'.



thanks,


James

[gentoo-user] Re: ati-drivers to radeon

[James]

Nikos Chantziaras <realnc <at> arcor.de> writes:

<*>   ATI Radeon display support                                     │ │
  │ │    [*]     DDC/I2C for ATI Radeon support (NEW)                         │ │
  │ │    [*]     Support for backlight control (NEW)



Thanks.



James