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On 10/25/2011 12:58 AM, Mick wrote: |
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>>> Does this need adding to /etc/make.conf? |
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>> Yes. Everyone who uses an AMD card should have "radeon" in VIDEO_CARDS, |
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>> followed by either "r300" or "r600". Of course only when we're taking |
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>> about the X.Org drivers. If you're going to use the Catalyst |
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>> proprietary drivers, you should put "fglrx" in VIDEO_CARDS. |
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> OK, I've added it and I'm remerging mesa to see what difference it makes. |
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If mesa doesn't get automatically rebuilt (changing VIDEO_CARDS counts |
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as a USE flags change, so "emerge -uDN world" will pick it up), then |
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that means you're using a version of mesa that doesn't recognize "r600". |
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I'm on mesa-9999 (one of the very few live ebuilds I use). Now that I |
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checked this, it's the only version to recognize "r300" and "r600" in |
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VIDEO_CARDS. However, that also means that future release versions of |
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mesa will also recognize them (the live ebuilds are always a precursor |
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of things to come.) So adding "r300" or "r600" now doesn't hurt and |
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will ensure you don't forget to do so later when mesa 7.12 (or 8.0?) |
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comes out. |
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