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nightmorph 09/11/30 08:35:32 |
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Modified: ati-faq.xml |
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Log: |
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updated ati FAQ for bug 293564. also updated info on driver support and other misc. bits |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.47 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=1.47&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.47&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?r1=1.46&r2=1.47 |
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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 1.46 |
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retrieving revision 1.47 |
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diff -u -r1.46 -r1.47 |
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--- ati-faq.xml 6 Jul 2008 08:29:11 -0000 1.46 |
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+++ ati-faq.xml 30 Nov 2009 08:35:32 -0000 1.47 |
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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 1.46 2008/07/06 08:29:11 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.47 2009/11/30 08:35:32 nightmorph 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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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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-<version>1.7</version> |
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-<date>2008-07-06</date> |
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+<version>1.8</version> |
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+<date>2009-11-30</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Hardware Support</title> |
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2D accelerated features. The 3D support is provided either by 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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-source drivers</uri>. |
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+source drivers</uri>. ATI's closed source driver only supports R600 and newer |
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+GPUs. Older GPUs will use the mature xorg-x11 driver. |
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</p> |
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<table> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>R200, R250, R280</ti> |
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<ti>Radeon8500, Radeon9000, Radeon9200</ti> |
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- <ti>xorg, ATI DRI</ti> |
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+ <ti>xorg</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>R300, R400</ti> |
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<ti>Radeon 9500 - x850</ti> |
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- <ti>xorg, ATI DRI</ti> |
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+ <ti>xorg</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>R500</ti> |
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<ti>Radeon X1300 and higher</ti> |
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- <ti>ATI DRI, xorg (since xf86-video-ati 6.9)</ti> |
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+ <ti>xorg</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>R600</ti> |
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<ti>Radeon HD 2000 series</ti> |
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- <ti>ATI DRI, xorg (since xf86-video-ati 6.9)</ti> |
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+ <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>RV670</ti> |
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<ti>Radeon HD 3000 series</ti> |
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- <ti>ATI DRI, xorg (since xf86-video-ati 6.9)</ti> |
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+ <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>RV770</ti> |
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<ti>Radeon HD 4000 series</ti> |
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- <ti>ATI DRI (since catalyst 8.6), xorg support in progress</ti> |
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+ <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> |
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</tr> |
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</table> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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<section> |
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-<title>I have a laptop. Is my ATI Mobility model supported?</title> |
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+<title>I have a laptop. Is my ATI Mobility model supported?</title> |
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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 |
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-file yourself or use the <c>xorgconfig</c> utility. |
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+file yourself. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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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 may |
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-use the Xorg auto configuration option: |
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+You may not need to manually create <path>xorg.conf</path> or modify it. Try |
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+running without it first. You can also use the Xorg auto configuration option: |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Autoconfiguring X"> |
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package. |
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</note> |
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-<impo> |
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+<note> |
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PPC users could use the <c>Xorgautoconfig</c> stand-alone configuration tool by |
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emerging the <c>Xorgautoconfig</c> ebuild, but isn't required. |
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+</note> |
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+<impo> |
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+If you're using <c>ati-drivers</c>, then you'll need to disable <c>radeonfb</c> |
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+(and probably any other framebuffer drivers) in your kernel config, as it |
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+conflicts with the built-in framebuffer in <c>ati-drivers</c>. |
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</impo> |
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</body> |
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