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On Tuesday 27 Nov 2012 17:18:43 design [depois das dez] wrote: |
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> Fellow Gentooers, |
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> although I am very happy running a Gentoo box, sometimes I bump into some |
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> difficulties, esp. when updating packages. This time I am having a hard |
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> time reconfiguring my video card, which was fine but is not anymore after |
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> the last system update I've made. Gnome session goes up as usual but the |
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> resolution is not fine and monitor complains about not being in the |
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> recommended mode. |
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> My video driver is an ATI Radeon 9600 (RV350) and somebody has already |
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> updated the section on the Gentoo wiki |
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> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon#Kernels_.3E.3D3.0.0 informing that |
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> there might be incompatibilities concerning the RV350 firmware. I just |
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> don't have enough understanding of the video related parts of the system to |
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> tweak and fix this issue. How should I proceed when I have a problem of |
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> this sort? |
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> How do I know what is the video backend in my system? Is Xorg the only one |
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> possible? What can I do to fix this problem? |
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The link you provided says that you should disable framebuffer in your kernel |
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config. Have you tried that? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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