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From: David Relson <relson@×××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 00:49:17
Message-Id: 20090523204915.71d5425e@osage.osagesoftware.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Sun, 24 May 2009 01:22:06 +0300
2 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
3
4 ...[snip]...
5
6 > > ### Begin xorg.conf ###
7 > >
8 > > Section "ServerFlags"
9 > > Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
10 > > EndSection
11 > >
12 > > Section "Files"
13 > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/util"
14 > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/encodings"
15 > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
16 > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts"
17 > > FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts"
18 > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default"
19 > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
20 > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
21 > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
22 > > EndSection
23 > >
24 > > ### End xorg.conf ###
25 >
26 > This xorg.conf won't load ati-drivers at all. If it works, it is
27 > probably running with another driver (radeon or vesa perhaps). You
28 > need to run "aticonfig --initial" as root first.
29
30
31 Really? My understanding had been that xorg-server-1.5.3 uses evdev and
32 runs happily without an xorg.conf file. Without an xorg.conf I had
33 keyboard and font problems -- cured by the above configuration.
34
35 As an experiment, I ran the suggested command ( "aticonfig
36 --initial" ). This added a lot to xorg.con and I then restarted X.
37 My screen resolution dropped from 1280x1024 to 640x480 and the screen
38 looked awful.
39
40 I've returned to the short config shown above.
41
42 To be honest, I don't know which display driver is in use and don't
43 much care since the display is working fine AFAICT.
44
45 David

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