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Hello, |
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I'm looking for some advice on an amd64 system. |
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I have this video card: |
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01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7269 |
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Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 0d03 |
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Which is actually this card: |
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R580 [Radeon X1900 XT] (Secondary) |
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according to this page: |
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http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/iii//?i=1002 |
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Anyway, it was a very arduous task setting up X, 3D and such with this |
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card on an amd64. Now it's time to update xorg-server, as part of |
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the routine software updates to a stable system, and it says that |
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ati-drivers is blocking the update: |
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blocks B x11-drivers/ati-drivers (is blocking x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0) |
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I'm using this version of ati-drivers, as it worked the most reliable |
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with 3D applications (BZflag) in particular. |
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x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.35.5 USE="acpi qt3" 0 kB |
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One thing that I as never really comfortable with is this make.conf |
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entry that I ended up using shich I gleaned from several wikis: |
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VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev fglrx vesa" |
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I'm still using an older kernel, (2.6.18-gentoo-r6) |
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so any advice on kernel versions or options to use with this video |
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card are welcome. |
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Any advice on which 3D drivers options are now available for this |
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card or which version of ati-drivers I should install to keep |
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xorg-server-1.3.0.0 happy are welcome. The only information I |
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can find googling is not current with these newer versions |
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of ati-drivers, 2.6.20+ kernels, 3D and xorg-server 1.3. |
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James |
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