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From: Vishnupradeep <intermedia.vishnu@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: (unknown)
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:59:20
Message-Id: CACk0-C-QU-sj20M-z11+QsY4dbs=yLuUQfQ6f5gvFht9e7Yx2w@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: (unknown) by Nikos Chantziaras
1 Thanks, Effects is working..
2
3 On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote:
4
5 > On 10/25/2011 12:58 AM, Mick wrote:
6 >
7 >> Does this need adding to /etc/make.conf?
8 >>>>
9 >>>
10 >>> Yes. Everyone who uses an AMD card should have "radeon" in VIDEO_CARDS,
11 >>> followed by either "r300" or "r600". Of course only when we're taking
12 >>> about the X.Org drivers. If you're going to use the Catalyst
13 >>> proprietary drivers, you should put "fglrx" in VIDEO_CARDS.
14 >>>
15 >>
16 >> OK, I've added it and I'm remerging mesa to see what difference it makes.
17 >>
18 >
19 > If mesa doesn't get automatically rebuilt (changing VIDEO_CARDS counts as a
20 > USE flags change, so "emerge -uDN world" will pick it up), then that means
21 > you're using a version of mesa that doesn't recognize "r600".
22 >
23 > I'm on mesa-9999 (one of the very few live ebuilds I use). Now that I
24 > checked this, it's the only version to recognize "r300" and "r600" in
25 > VIDEO_CARDS. However, that also means that future release versions of mesa
26 > will also recognize them (the live ebuilds are always a precursor of things
27 > to come.) So adding "r300" or "r600" now doesn't hurt and will ensure you
28 > don't forget to do so later when mesa 7.12 (or 8.0?) comes out.
29 >
30 >
31 >