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On Sunday, 27 June 2021 12:52:39 BST antlists wrote: |
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> On 27/06/2021 11:36, Michael wrote: |
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> > You're meant to be running X11 as a non-root user. |
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> And if the only user on the system is root, which I'm logged in as :-) |
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Then create a plain non-root user account and login as such. |
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> >> As I said earlier, X currently won't run. I've got a Asus EAH4350, and |
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> >> am loading the Radeon driver. |
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> > I am not familiar with the model and any APU/graphics options it may be |
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> > furnished with. You have not shared what the video card might be. |
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> Well, "Asus EAH4350" is what it says on the box. |
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> > A quick |
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> > search on the interwebs mention an AMD R700 family, HD4350 card. |
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> > According |
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> > to: |
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> So I guess Asus have rebadged the 4350 chipset, and those drivers should |
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> work. |
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I don't know if this is so and what might be in the box. Only you can |
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determine this, definitively, if you follow the guide in the wiki URL below: |
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> > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon |
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> > such a card requires in your make.conf: |
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> > VIDEO_CARDS="radeon r600" |
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> > emerge 'sys-kernel/linux-firmware' and in your kernel specify the |
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> > following |
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> > firmware: |
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> > radeon/R600_rlc.bin radeon/RS780_uvd.bin radeon/RS780_pfp.bin radeon/ |
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> > RS780_me.bin |
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> Thanks. I'll add all that stuff ... |
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Best you establish first what video hardware is available in this PC, as per |
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the wiki page I posted above, then add the correct corresponding firmware and |
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drivers, before you rebuild your kernel, update @world and reboot. |
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