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Joseph Jezak wrote: |
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>> (--) ATI(0): ATI 3D Rage Pro graphics controller detected. |
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>> (--) ATI(0): Chip type 4750 "GP", version 4, foundry UMC, class 0, |
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>> revision 0x01. |
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>> (--) ATI(0): PCI bus interface detected. |
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>> (--) ATI(0): ATI Mach64 adapter detected. |
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> You have a Mach64, not a Rage128. |
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Really? I mean: sure? |
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I'm puzzled because this is what lspci tells me: |
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imac ~ # lspci | grep "VGA" |
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00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro |
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215GP (rev 5c) |
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> It's possible to use drm with that |
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> card, but it's a real pain. |
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I read that I could use the useflag "insecure-drivers" on a german |
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howto, if anybody can read it: Chapter 3.2 |
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http://www.gentoo.de/doc/de/dri-howto.xml#doc_chap3 |
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> The patches for it should be merged into |
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> Modular X, you should probably look into upgrading to modular: |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/modular-x-howto.xml |
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Because I don't like using ~* I'd like to know if there is a difference |
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in Mach64-support on Xorg 6.8.2 and 7.0. |
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And... you know, it takes a while to compile Xorg on this old iMac, so I |
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don't like to more experiments than necessary. ;) |
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Thanks so far |
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Jan |
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