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Hello, |
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Currently, on an old laptop I have this chip: |
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01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc |
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Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) |
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using ati-drivers, all if fine with: |
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#### xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 |
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#### ati-drivers-8.593 |
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#### xorg-x11-7.4 |
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#### linux -> linux-2.6.28-gentoo-r5/ |
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I want to convert to the open-source radeon driver |
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I'm not finding instruction docs (except very old) so here's |
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what I have found to do. |
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edit /etc/make.conf: |
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VIDEO_CARDS="radeon vesa" |
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(I keep vesa for a backup....) |
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emerge -C ati-drivers |
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run 'qlist -I -C x11-drivers/' |
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and rebuild the list of supporting drivers? |
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<reboot> |
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??? that simple or did I miss something? |
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It seems like there use to be a conversion guide, |
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but, no luck finding that doc. Once I get the radeon |
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driver working, I was then going to update X. However, |
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since I'm keeping this system on kde 3.5.x, until |
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kde4 is stable (at least on this laptop), |
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or should I wait on upgrading X? |
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comments are welcome.... |
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James |
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