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From: Martins Steinbergs <mar@××.lv>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ati-driver update
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:59:04
Message-Id: 200610181353.05333.mar@ml.lv
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: ati-driver update by oskar kapala
1 On Wednesday 18 October 2006 13:28, oskar kapala wrote:
2 > Richard Fish wrote:
3 > > xorg 7.1 or later require newer drivers. You either have to use the
4 > > xf86-video-ati (the open source drivers included with x.org), or mask
5 > > the new version of x.org.
6 > >
7 > > If you want to update to the current x.org, and abandon the
8 > > proprietary ATI drivers, remove "fglrx" from VIDEO_CARDS in
9 > > /etc/make.conf.
10 >
11 > Great, so I have to chose between 3d accel and updated xorg.
12 >
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15 i have both drivers 'ati-drivers-8.29.6 and xf86-video-ati-6.6.3' on top of
16 xorg-server-7.1 and linux-2.6.18-gentoo-r1. xorg drivers i keep in case
17 something goes wrong and they don't support 3d for my radeon9600pro card.
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