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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 22:22:18
Message-Id: gv9stt$58u$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict by David Relson
1 David Relson wrote:
2 > On Sat, 23 May 2009 14:57:32 -0700
3 > Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
4 >
5 >> Summary: X is hosed.
6 >>
7 >
8 > A couple of weeks back, I made the transition to the current versions
9 > of xorg-server and ati-drivers, i.e. the versions in the message
10 > subject. I had to do a bit of work with xorg.conf before all was
11 > good. If I recall details, keyboard and mouse weren't working and,
12 > after correcting that, fonts weren't being found. All is now working
13 > fine. Below is my xorg.conf. Hope it helps.
14 >
15 > Regards,
16 >
17 > David
18 >
19 > ### Begin xorg.conf ###
20 >
21 > Section "ServerFlags"
22 > Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
23 > EndSection
24 >
25 > Section "Files"
26 > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/util"
27 > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/encodings"
28 > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
29 > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts"
30 > FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts"
31 > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default"
32 > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
33 > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
34 > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
35 > EndSection
36 >
37 > ### End xorg.conf ###
38
39 This xorg.conf won't load ati-drivers at all. If it works, it is
40 probably running with another driver (radeon or vesa perhaps). You need
41 to run "aticonfig --initial" as root first.

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