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On 10/16/2010 05:24 AM, Jeff Cranmer wrote: |
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> OK, so let's have a go at the ATI drivers again. |
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> First, get rid of the open source ati drivers |
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> emerge --unmerge -av radeon-ucode xf86-video-ati |
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> Editing the /etc/make.conf file to change the last line to |
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> VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx" |
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Make sure you use this: |
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VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx fbdev vesa" |
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IIRC, fglrx needs parts of vesa and fbdev too, and crashes without them. |
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Unfortunately, portage does not take care of this crucial dependency |
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automatically; you have to do it yourself. |
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