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From: Grant Edwards <grante@××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Speed up GoogleEarth on an ATI RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]?
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:30:23
Message-Id: esrtst$5dk$1@sea.gmane.org
1 On 2007-03-09, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
2 > On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 10:43:29PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote
3 >> On 2007-03-05, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
4 >>
5 >> > In either case, what are the steps to follow?
6 >>
7 >> Use standard Gentoo to install the proprietary driver:
8 >>
9 >> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ati-faq.xml
10 >> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ATI_Drivers
11 >
12 > Later... that very same evening... OK, I've installed ati-drivers with
13 > /etc/make.conf containing VIDEO_CARDS="vesa fglrx"
14 >
15 > I did "eselect opengl ati", ran aticonfig, and did the setup as per
16 > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ATI_Drivers (including reboot and
17 > re-install of ati-drivers)
18
19 Run glxinfo and check the first few lines. What does it say
20 for "direct rendering:" ?
21
22 I'm guessing it says "No".
23
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25 Grant Edwards grante Yow! I feel... JUGULAR...
26 at
27 visi.com
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