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From: Jeff Cranmer <jeff@××××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Trying to configure Radeon card
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:12:08
Message-Id: 1287187868.5053.4.camel@laptop.limeyworld
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Trying to configure Radeon card by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 10:32 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
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3 >
4 > You mentioned that you used "fglrxinfo" in your post, which assumes
5 > you're using the closed source driver :-/ Another hint was that you're
6 > using an HD5000 series card, which is not supported correctly by the
7 > open source drivers anyway at this point.
8 >
9 Yeah - I realised afterwards that I had left a few things in place from
10 a failed attempt at installing the closed source drivers.
11
12 > Anyway, if you're on open source drivers, I think that's your problem.
13 > Only the closed source driver works correctly with 3D for HD5000 cards
14 > at this moment.
15 >
16 >
17 Thanks for the advice. I'll take another crack at the closed source
18 drivers, and if that doesn't work, I'll rip out the $%^& thing and
19 replace it with an Nvidia card<g>
20
21 Jeff

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