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Am 10.03.2013 09:54, schrieb Chris Walters: |
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> Hello Everyone, |
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> I have a couple of questions concerning what graphic drivers you use. |
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> Does anyone use the proprietary ATI drivers, or have used them? Would |
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> you recommend them? I just recently started using the ati-drivers |
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> package, but I don't really notice a difference - yes it does say the |
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> frame rate is much higher, but I am not sure it is worth losing my |
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> framebuffer over them. |
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> Technically, I lost my frame buffer because I am using an initramfs |
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> (initrd) because I have an encrypted root file system, and a separate |
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> non-encrypted usr partition. I still have not been able to figure out |
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> how to get either uvesafb or vesafb working through the initramfs. |
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> They will both load fine, before my initrd starts, then they seem to |
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> disappear. |
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> In case you're wondering, before I changed to the proprietary ati |
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> drivers, I was using the kernel framebuffer for my video card(s). Two |
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> Radeon HD 5000 series cards. I did have to insert the proper ucode |
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> into my kernel, but it worked. |
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> Chris |
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> . |
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yes, it is worth using them. Because of proper power management alone. |
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You might not care about framerates, but the open source drivers use a |
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lot more energy - for nothing. |
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