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swift 12/06/29 16:20:10 |
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Modified: ati-faq.xml |
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Log: |
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Fix bug #421257 - Update ATI instructions for configuring X |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.54 xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.54&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.54&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?r1=1.53&r2=1.54 |
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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 1.53 |
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retrieving revision 1.54 |
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diff -u -r1.53 -r1.54 |
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--- ati-faq.xml 14 Jun 2012 06:43:24 -0000 1.53 |
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+++ ati-faq.xml 29 Jun 2012 16:20:09 -0000 1.54 |
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.53 2012/06/14 06:43:24 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.54 2012/06/29 16:20:09 swift Exp $ --> |
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<guide> |
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<title>Gentoo Linux ATI FAQ</title> |
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@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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-<version>6</version> |
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-<date>2012-06-13</date> |
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+<version>7</version> |
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+<date>2012-06-29</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Hardware Support</title> |
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@@ -200,8 +200,9 @@ |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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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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+You may not need to manually create <path>xorg.conf</path> or modify it if you |
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+are using the open-source radeon driver. Try running without it first. If this |
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+fails, you can use the auto-configuration option of X: |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Autoconfiguring X"> |
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@@ -209,6 +210,12 @@ |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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+If you use the propriatary ATI drivers, you can get assistance for configuring |
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+X through the <c>aticonfig</c> application (which is part of the |
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+<c>ati-drivers</c> package). |
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+</p> |
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+<p> |
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For more information on how to get a basic <c>xorg.conf</c> configuration file, |
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please refer to the <uri link="/doc/en/xorg-config.xml">Gentoo X Server |
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HowTo</uri>. |
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@@ -219,11 +226,6 @@ |
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tool by emerging <c>x11-misc/xac</c>, but isn't required. |
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</note> |
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-<note> |
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-You can use <c>aticonfig</c> if you have installed the <c>ati-drivers</c> |
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-package. |
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-</note> |
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- |
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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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