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From: James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: video driver discovery
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:59:16
Message-Id: loom.20081222T195309-846@post.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: video driver discovery by Robert Bridge
1 Robert Bridge <robert <at> robbieab.com> writes:
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4 > > Its probably right in front of me, but I'm not seeing it, or not
5 > > recognizing what I see as being very useful I guess.
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7 > (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
8 > (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so
9 > (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
10 > compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
11 > Module class: X.Org Video Driver
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14 I did find /var/log/Xorg.0.log
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16 Is this the driver?
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19 (II) LoadModule: "radeon"
20 (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers//radeon_drv.so
21 (II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
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23 or this?
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25 (II) LoadModule: "ati"
26 (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers//ati_drv.so
27 (II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
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30 Then I see a HUGE list of things:
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32 ATI Rage 128 Mobility M3 LE (PCI), ATI Rage 128 Mobility M3 LF (AGP),
33 <very large snip>
34 ATI Radeon X850 XT (R480) (AGP), ATI Radeon X850 XT PE (R480) (AGP)
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37 ???
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40 Surely there is a more exact way to tell what driver is actually being used?
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43 James