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Joe wrote: |
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> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- |
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> From: *Joe* <joseph.wheaton@×××××.com <mailto:joseph.wheaton@×××××.com>> |
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> Date: Jul 18, 2005 10:17 AM |
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> Subject: How to configure a Radeon 7500 PCI card... |
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> To: gentoo-user+help@g.o <mailto:gentoo-user+help@g.o> |
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> I was trying to follow the guides and figure things out for myself but |
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> I have not been able to. The guide |
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> (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ati-faq.xml) says that I need to use the |
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> DRI project because the closed source drivers do not work with my |
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> older card. It also says that the x11-drm ebuild can be used or you |
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> can change the kernel option for the DRI modules. When I try to |
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> emerge the x11-drm ebuild it says that 2.6.x kernels cannot use this |
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> ebuild. 2.6 kernel users have to set kernel options. I have been |
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> looking around for the right options but I cannot find them. Could |
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> someone point them out to me so I can get this working. I am in the |
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> process of going to kernel 2.6.12-r4. Thank you. |
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The DRM options in the kernel configuration that you need are: |
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-> Device Drivers |
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->Character Devices |
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Direct Rendering Manager=y (or 'm') |
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ATI Radeon = y (or 'm') |
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You should not need any other patches, drivers, or packages, and can go |
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straight to configuring DRI after you get the new kernel built and running. |
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-Richard |
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