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On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 09:36:59 +0100 |
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Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Wednesday 26 Aug 2015 04:47:24 wabenbau@×××××.com wrote: |
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> > walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > Then I generated an xorg.conf in the old way using 'Xorg |
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> > > -configure'. That file didn't work right either. |
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> > > |
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> > > Then I finally realized that the generated xorg.conf had, in the |
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> > > Section "Device" section, this line: |
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> > > |
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> > > Driver "radeon" |
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> This is the correct driver. |
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> > > But that's not what we want. To use the open-source ati driver I |
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> > > changed that line to read: |
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> > > |
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> > > Driver "ati" |
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> This is what I recall it used to be, but now it is "radeon". |
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I just tried an experiment. I started my xfce4 session twice, once |
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with Driver "radeon": |
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(II) LoadModule: "radeon" |
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[ 4055.387] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so |
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[ 4055.387] (II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation" |
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[ 4055.387] compiled for 1.17.2, module version = 7.5.0 |
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[ 4055.387] Module class: X.Org Video Driver |
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[ 4055.387] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0 |
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and again with Driver "ati": |
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(II) LoadModule: "ati" |
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[ 4444.981] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so |
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[ 4444.981] (II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation" |
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[ 4444.981] compiled for 1.17.2, module version = 7.5.0 |
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[ 4444.981] Module class: X.Org Video Driver |
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[ 4444.981] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0 |
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I grant you that tonight I don't see any difference in behavior between |
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the two "Driver"s, but I did yesterday. But that was 24 hours ago when |
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the moon was in a different phase and my evil computer spirits were in |
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a bad mood, apparently. |
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As I said, I find this whole subject so confusing that I can't explain |
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anything about it, even to myself. |
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To answer wabe's question, lspci -k shows |
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00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. |
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[AMD/ATI] BeaverCreek [Radeon HD 6530D] Subsystem: Lenovo BeaverCreek |
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[Radeon HD 6530D] Kernel driver in use: radeon |
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Kernel modules: radeon |
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