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problem solved, hooray! |
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thanks Volker for the guidance! it turned out to be a problem related to the |
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kernel config, as i had ati dri built there, and possibly some framebuffer |
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problems too. |
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Thanks a lot! |
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Davide |
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2010/12/28 Davide Carnovale <francesco.davide.carnovale@×××××.com> |
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> Mark, your config didn't helped me, thanks anyway =) |
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> Volker, my bad, you're right, i misread the supported cards and i thought |
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> HD 6000 and above were supported, while it is R600 and above. |
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> So i'll go again into the process of installing the ati driver and will pay |
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> more attention to all the steps now. |
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> thanks also for the config file walkthrough |
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> will let you know if i'll fix this. |
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> D |
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> 2010/12/27 Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> |
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> On Monday 27 December 2010 23:23:32 Davide Carnovale wrote: |
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>> > Volker, my card should not be supported by the ati-drivers package as |
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>> it's |
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>> > too old. |
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>> |
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>> wtf? A 5650 is RECENT and well supported by the ati-driver package. |
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>> |
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>> > actually i tried emerging them and the xserver just hang on boot. |
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>> > are you sure that is the right way to go? can you link me the |
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>> instructions i |
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>> > should follow please? |
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>> |
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>> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ati-faq.xml |
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>> |
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>> you probably forgot to run eselect opengl set ati |
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>> |
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>> > > Section "Files" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules" |
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>> > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" |
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>> > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" |
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>> > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" |
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>> > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" |
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>> > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" |
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>> > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > EndSection |
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>> |
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>> you can nuke everything above |
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>> |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Section "Module" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Load "extmod" |
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>> > > Load "glx" |
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>> > > Load "dri" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > EndSection |
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>> |
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>> that section too. |
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>> |
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>> So far everything would have been autoloaded. |
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>> |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Section "DRI" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Mode 0666 |
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>> > > |
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>> > > EndSection |
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>> |
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>> unneccessary |
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>> |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Section "InputDevice" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Identifier "Keyboard0" |
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>> > > Driver "keyboard" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > EndSection |
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>> |
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>> ok.... |
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>> |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Section "InputDevice" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Identifier "Mouse0" |
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>> > > Driver "mouse" |
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>> > > Option "Protocol" "auto" |
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>> > > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" |
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>> > > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > EndSection |
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>> |
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>> ok.... |
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>> |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Section "Extensions" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Option "Composite" "Enable" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > EndSection |
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>> |
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>> so not needed |
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>> |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Section "Device" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Identifier "Card0" |
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>> > > Driver "radeon" |
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>> > > #Option "monitor-VGA1" "Samsung2333" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > EndSection |
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>> |
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>> ok (beware.. if you use ati drivers) |
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>> |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Section "Monitor" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Identifier "Samsung2333" |
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>> > > VendorName "Samsung" |
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>> > > ModelName "2333" |
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>> > > Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080" |
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>> > > HorizSync 30-75 |
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>> > > VertRefresh 56-61 |
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>> > > |
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>> > > EndSection |
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>> |
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>> last three lines not needed... |
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>> |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Section "Screen" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Identifier "Screen0" |
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>> > > Device "Card0" |
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>> > > Monitor "Samsung2333" |
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>> > > DefaultDepth 24 |
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>> > > SubSection "Display" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Viewport 0 0 |
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>> > > Depth 8 |
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>> > > Modes "1920x1080" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > EndSubSection |
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>> > > SubSection "Display" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Viewport 0 0 |
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>> > > Depth 16 |
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>> > > Modes "1920x1080" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > EndSubSection |
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>> > > SubSection "Display" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Viewport 0 0 |
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>> > > Depth 24 |
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>> > > Modes "1920x1080" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > EndSubSection |
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>> > > |
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>> > > EndSection |
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>> all that stuff.. is really not needed. |
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>> |
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>> > > |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Section "ServerLayout" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Identifier "cruncher" |
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>> > > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 |
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>> > > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" |
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>> > > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" |
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>> > > |
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>> > > EndSection |
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>> > > |
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>> ok. |
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>> |
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>> > > c2stable ~ # |
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>> |
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>> just as example, my xorg.conf: |
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>> Section "ServerLayout" |
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>> Identifier "Layout0" |
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>> Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0 |
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>> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" |
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>> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" |
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>> EndSection |
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>> |
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>> Section "Files" |
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>> EndSection |
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>> |
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>> Section "Module" |
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>> Load "evdev" |
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>> Load "v4l" |
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>> EndSection |
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>> |
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>> Section "ServerFlags" |
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>> Option "DontZap" "false" |
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>> Option "Xinerama" "off" |
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>> Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off" |
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>> EndSection |
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>> Section "InputDevice" |
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>> Identifier "Mouse0" |
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>> Driver "evdev" |
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>> Option "CorePointer" |
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>> Option "Name" "Logitech, Inc. MX610 Laser Cordless Mouse" |
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>> EndSection |
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>> |
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>> Section "InputDevice" |
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>> Identifier "Keyboard0" |
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>> Driver "evdev" |
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>> Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" |
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>> Option "XkbRules" "xorg" |
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>> Option "XkbModel" "evdev" |
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>> Option "XkbLayout" "de" |
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>> Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" |
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>> EndSection |
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>> |
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>> Section "Monitor" |
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>> Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0" |
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>> Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver" |
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>> Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor" |
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>> Option "DPMS" "true" |
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>> EndSection |
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>> |
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>> Section "Device" |
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>> Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" |
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>> Driver "fglrx" |
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>> Option "Monitor-DFP1" "0-DFP1" |
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>> EndSection |
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>> |
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>> Section "Screen" |
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>> Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" |
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>> Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" |
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>> Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0" |
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>> DefaultDepth 24 |
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>> SubSection "Display" |
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>> Viewport 0 0 |
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>> Depth 24 |
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>> EndSubSection |
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>> EndSection |
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