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On 7/15/05, Zac Medico <zmedico@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> > Converting my last FC machine to Gentoo since it didn't survive an FC2 |
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> > to FC4 upgrade. |
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> > Questions: |
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> > 1) Is the VIDEO_CARDS= setting in /etc/make.conf still considered the |
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> > right way to configure a new machine for a specific card? |
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> > 2) If the answer to #1 is yes then what's the right setting for a 3D |
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> > Rage Pro? (I.e. - where's the list of legal names?) |
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> > 3) If no, then what's the right way to do this these days? |
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> > Thanks, |
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> > Mark |
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> It looks like the gentoo ati faq might be helpful: |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ati-faq.xml |
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> It mentions an x11-drm package that can be used to build kernel DRI modules. Inside the ebuild there is a list: |
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> IUSE_VIDEO_CARDS="3dfx ffb i810 i830 i915 mach64 matrox rage128 radeon savage sis via" |
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> I'm not sure if any of those will work for you but I'm sure one of the ati gurus will be along in a moment to help you. |
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> Zac |
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Thanks Zac. On this machine I don't care right now about 3D |
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performance. Everything in my audio recording is pretty much 2D (VU |
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meters and the like) so possibly it won't make much difference at all. |
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I guess I'll choose rage128 and see what happens. Since DRM is modular |
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I guess I don't have to load it if it causes trouble. |
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Thanks for reading the ebuild for me. |
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cheers, |
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Mark |
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