Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Dieter Ries <clip2@×××.de>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] beryl on AMD64
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:47:46
Message-Id: 200702061943.08575.clip2@gmx.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] beryl on AMD64 by Mark Knecht
1 Am Dienstag 06 Februar 2007 19:28 schrieb Mark Knecht:
2 > Thanks David.
3 >
4 > I notice that many/most folks who have talked about it seem to run
5 > NVidia. I have an ATI. Any reason you know why it won't run, or won't
6 > run well, on ATI?
7
8 It's just way easier if you have an NVIDIA Card. The ~amd64 Nvidia Drivers
9 bring the right features with them, so you don't need any changes in your X
10 System. With nvidia its just two lines in Xorg.conf and an "emerge beryl",
11 and it works.
12
13 > I'm using the ATI driver form the kernel. Does its
14 > lack of 3D acceleration rule out beryl?
15
16 I don't think this should be a problem.
17
18 >
19 > Thanks,
20 > Mark
21 >
22
23 --
24 Frank Castle is dead!
25 Call me 'The PUNISHER'!

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] beryl on AMD64 "Gary E. Miller" <gem@××××××.com>