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 1M821E-00033O-QC for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 24 May 2009 00:56:53 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D6032E01FA; Sun, 24 May 2009 00:56:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92DA1E01FA for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 00:56:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4126B64CF7 for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 00:56:50 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -3.455 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.455 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.144, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id BS3uJBDY1GjM for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 00:56:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2972647D9 for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 00:56:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1M820x-0003Gd-Q6 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sun, 24 May 2009 00:56:36 +0000 Received: from athedsl-375359.home.otenet.gr ([79.131.18.61]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 00:56:35 +0000 Received: from realnc by athedsl-375359.home.otenet.gr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 00:56:35 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Nikos Chantziaras Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 03:56:41 +0300 Organization: Lucas Barks Message-ID: References: <9acccfe50905211746s2db29c38vbd3122256c43b116@mail.gmail.com> <9acccfe50905212020k2ace76b9l5c9fe33bccd5f7c@mail.gmail.com> <9acccfe50905212035o5048f2c4vce3ed60693334390@mail.gmail.com> <200905221140.07795.wonko@wonkology.org> <9acccfe50905220635x3b05b693m6439f59751950ca2@mail.gmail.com> <9acccfe50905231457m58b387a3g2efb4a0366b1a1d0@mail.gmail.com> <20090523181207.0a4c2bb6@osage.osagesoftware.com> <20090523204915.71d5425e@osage.osagesoftware.com> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: athedsl-375359.home.otenet.gr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090429) In-Reply-To: <20090523204915.71d5425e@osage.osagesoftware.com> Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 0b7ed88d-df85-4224-b21f-326918c38293 X-Archives-Hash: fcbe5d2e6ff298344beb79869f30bb50 David Relson wrote: > On Sun, 24 May 2009 01:22:06 +0300 > Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > ...[snip]... > >>> ### Begin xorg.conf ### >>> >>> Section "ServerFlags" >>> Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false" >>> EndSection >>> >>> Section "Files" >>> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/util" >>> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/encodings" >>> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc" >>> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts" >>> FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts" >>> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default" >>> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" >>> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" >>> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" >>> EndSection >>> >>> ### End xorg.conf ### >> This xorg.conf won't load ati-drivers at all. If it works, it is >> probably running with another driver (radeon or vesa perhaps). You >> need to run "aticonfig --initial" as root first. > > > Really? My understanding had been that xorg-server-1.5.3 uses evdev and > runs happily without an xorg.conf file. Without an xorg.conf I had > keyboard and font problems -- cured by the above configuration. > > As an experiment, I ran the suggested command ( "aticonfig > --initial" ). This added a lot to xorg.con and I then restarted X. > My screen resolution dropped from 1280x1024 to 640x480 and the screen > looked awful. > > I've returned to the short config shown above. > > To be honest, I don't know which display driver is in use and don't > much care since the display is working fine AFAICT. The only reason to use ati-drivers is to have fast, accelerated OpenGL. You're probably not using ati-drivers at all. So you're a bit off-topic to this whole thread :P fglrx ("ati-drivers") required an xorg.conf entry. This is done with aticonfig --initial and after that you have to run the Catalyst Control Center ("amdcccle" in a terminal, you'll also find it in the start menu) and adjust your resolution and other settings (anti-aliasing, vsync, anisotropic filters, etc.) there.