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neysx 06/09/17 09:56:56 |
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Modified: ati-faq.xml |
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Improved coding style **No Content Change** |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.40 xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.40&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.40&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?r1=1.39&r2=1.40 |
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Index: ati-faq.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.39 |
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retrieving revision 1.40 |
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diff -u -r1.39 -r1.40 |
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--- ati-faq.xml 17 Sep 2006 09:54:00 -0000 1.39 |
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+++ ati-faq.xml 17 Sep 2006 09:56:56 -0000 1.40 |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.39 2006/09/17 09:54:00 neysx Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.40 2006/09/17 09:56:56 neysx Exp $ --> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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<guide link="/doc/en/ati-faq.xml"> |
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issues related to DRI and X11 for ATI boards. |
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</abstract> |
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<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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<p> |
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Many ATI boards (but not all) are supported by <uri |
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-link="http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/xorg">xorg-x11</uri>, at least for the |
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-2D accelerated features. The 3D support is provided either by <uri |
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+link="http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/xorg">xorg-x11</uri>, at least for |
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+the 2D accelerated features. The 3D support is provided either by <uri |
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link="http://dri.sf.net">the DRI project</uri> which is part of xorg-x11, or by |
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ATI's <uri |
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link="http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html">closed |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-The board's multimedia features are supported by <uri |
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-link="http://gatos.sf.net">the GATOS project</uri>. These drivers will be |
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+The board's multimedia features are supported by <uri |
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+link="http://gatos.sf.net">the GATOS project</uri>. These drivers will be |
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merged into the xorg tree shortly. |
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</p> |
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X11 support on the PPC or Alpha platforms is quite similar to x86 X11 support. |
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However, ATI's closed source drivers are not supported on the PPC or Alpha, so |
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you cannot use the 3D features of the R300 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). If |
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-you have such a board and want it supported by X11, contact |
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-<uri link="http://www.ati.com">ATI</uri> and ask them to release the |
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-specifications for your system's GPU. The closed source driver for the AMD64 |
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-was released, so AMD64 users can now enjoy the same features as x86 users. |
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+you have such a board and want it supported by X11, contact <uri |
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+link="http://www.ati.com">ATI</uri> and ask them to release the specifications |
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+for your system's GPU. The closed source driver for the AMD64 was released, so |
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+AMD64 users can now enjoy the same features as x86 users. |
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</p> |
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<impo> |
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-To enable agpgart support for certain AMD64 chip sets, you have to disable |
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+To enable agpgart support for certain AMD64 chip sets, you have to disable |
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support for the K8 IOMMU. |
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</impo> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-It should be, but you may have a configuration issue due to the OEM PCI id that |
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-such chips may have. In most cases, you may have to write the configuration file |
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-yourself or use the <c>xorgconfig</c> utility. |
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+It should be, but you may have a configuration issue due to the OEM PCI id that |
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+such chips may have. In most cases, you may have to write the configuration |
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+file yourself or use the <c>xorgconfig</c> utility. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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For a 2.6.x kernel the DRI modules can be built with the kernel or be |
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provided by the <c>x11-drm</c> ebuild |
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</li> |
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+ <li>For a 2.4.x kernel series you must use the <c>x11-drm</c> ebuild</li> |
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<li> |
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- For a 2.4.x kernel series you must use the <c>x11-drm</c> ebuild |
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- </li> |
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- <li> |
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- The <c>ati-drivers</c> ebuild provides the ATI closed source X drivers |
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- and kernel modules, for both the 2.4 and 2.6 series kernels |
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+ The <c>ati-drivers</c> ebuild provides the ATI closed source X drivers and |
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+ kernel modules, for both the 2.4 and 2.6 series kernels |
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</li> |
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</ul> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-The use of <c>xorgcfg</c> or <c>xorgconfig</c> to generate the |
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-<path>xorg.conf</path> configuration file is suggested. Alternatively, you |
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-may use the Xorg auto configuration option: |
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+The use of <c>xorgcfg</c> or <c>xorgconfig</c> to generate the |
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+<path>xorg.conf</path> configuration file is suggested. Alternatively, you may |
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+use the Xorg auto configuration option: |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Autoconfiguring X"> |
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