Gentoo Archives: gentoo-catalyst

From: Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-catalyst@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] Catalyst and modular Xorg
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:34:11
Message-Id: 81bfc67a0608080733u792fb190r3cb7112eca4fdd9f@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] Catalyst and modular Xorg by Luca Casagrande
1 most use xfree86 and vesa drivers.
2
3 On 8/8/06, Luca Casagrande <luca.casagrande@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >
5 > Alle 16:10, martedì 08 agosto 2006, Chris Gianelloni ha scritto:
6 > > On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 00:55 +0200, Luca Casagrande wrote:
7 > > > Hi to all!
8 > > > Thanks your great help i have successfully created a stage3 and now i
9 > am
10 > > > going to build livecd-stage1...Does i need to add all use flag for
11 > nvidia
12 > > > and ati to use proprietary driver, or it's enough to add
13 > > > xorg,nvidia-kernel,nvidia-glx and ati-drivers to package list without
14 > any
15 > > > related use flag?
16 > >
17 > > The binary drivers require a configured kernel, so they need to be built
18 > > in livecd-stage2.
19 > >
20 > > Also, if you plan on giving this CD to *anyone* at all, you cannot use
21 > > the binary drivers. It is against the law to distribute the binary
22 > > drivers in a compiled form, since they violate the GPL and thereby
23 > > copyright on the Linux kernel.
24 >
25 > Thanks for your answer Chris!
26 > I have read this about the problem kororaa live distro...Then there's no
27 > way
28 > of building a livecd that uses nvidia and ATI driver? Then i don't
29 > understand
30 > how other live distro do...
31 >
32 > Thanks
33 > Luca
34 > --
35 > "Chiunque può simpatizzare col dolore di un amico, ma solo chi ha un animo
36 > nobile riesce a simpatizzare col successo di un amico (Oscar Wilde)"
37 >
38 > LINUX User #411601
39 > jabber: casagrande@××××××××××××.it
40 >
41 >
42 >
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Re: [gentoo-catalyst] Catalyst and modular Xorg Luca Casagrande <luca.casagrande@×××××.com>