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Hi everybody |
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Tried and failed... again! |
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Everything installs nicely... but 'ati-config --initial' won't work without |
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a valid 'xorg.conf' file as input. |
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The one that it do generates when I give it the one that works with the |
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opensource driver |
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don't allow me to run startx. It claims it can't find a monitor and the |
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graphic card driver. |
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I read on Slashdot that AMD plans to deliver future ati drivers as |
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opensource. Let's hope that makes thinks easy for everybody. I want bother |
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anymore with this graphic card. The opensource driver works decently, and I |
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will start to look in to other things that are annoying me; like why I can't |
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emerge vlc and why I can't get rhythmbox to play mp3. |
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PS |
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To Francisco... |
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Sorry for bailing out... It has been a big boost to my moral when trying to |
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solve this problem, having enthusiastic and dedicated people like yourself |
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guiding and helping me. I will strive to be just as dedicated when my |
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experience reaches a level where I can be of help for this list. |
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Regards |
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Johannes Skov Frandsen |
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-----Original Message----- |
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From: Aleksandar L. Dimitrov [mailto:aleks_d@×××.de] |
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Sent: 12. maj 2007 21:26 |
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To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X |
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On Sat, 12 May 2007 11:34:39 -0400 |
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"Francisco Rivas" <taken2k4@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hi friends, Johannes bro.. I can't give up with that, I know we can |
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> solve your problem, I feel it :D |
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Watch out, or you'll end up as a case for the Scary Devil Monastery. |
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I've probably already reached this point. :) |
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> The most important thing is try, one more try and it's enough.. |
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> Uninstall the xserver, unistall the ati drivers |
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> check all configurations of your kernel.. |
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> Install xserver 7.1 and 8.36.5 ati driver manually.. run aticonfig |
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> --initial |
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The Xorg-Server version 1.3 is still in the testing branch, so you |
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might do better with the following command: |
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VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx" emerge -va =x11-base/xorg-server-1.2.0-r3 |
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Then follow the already given instructions, i.e. install the version of |
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the driver ATI recommends |
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emerge -C ati-drivers && emerge -va =x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.28.8 |
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and then remove your xorg.conf. Not remove of course, but just rename |
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it to a backup file. Then go on with ati-config --initial. It could |
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mourn about a missing X.conf, but I think it should really make one up, |
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no matter if there's already one or not. Running ati-config --initial |
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on any unclean xorg.conf could really make a mess out of it anyways |
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(multiple Server/Device/Monitor entries... that can be quite a nuisance |
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to get rid of!). |
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If you need any OpenGL-stuff (quite a chance you do...) this can be |
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discussed later on. Let's first get it to work at all :) |
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Regards, Aleks |
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PS: that's like the standard ritual for being accepted as someone |
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familiar with the basics of Linux: going to xorg.conf hell... once you |
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get used to it, it's easy. If you experience any trouble you could as |
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well just post it here, so we can have a look at it. |
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