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Am Wed, 26 Aug 2015 09:36:59 +0100 |
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schrieb Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>: |
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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 -configure'. |
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> > > 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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From ati(4): |
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"ati is an Xorg wrapper driver for ATI video cards. It autodetects whether |
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your hardware has a Radeon, Rage 128, or Mach64 or earlier class of chipset, |
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and loads the radeon(4), r128(4), or mach64 driver as appropriate." |
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So I would say that it's not so much incorrect, as it is unnecessary. Either |
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way, I let X decide which driver to load, and it always loads ati first (I only |
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have two xorg.conf.d files for keyboard and mouse devices). |
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Regarding the firmware settings, I'll just add for completeness: I have *never* |
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had anything set in my kernel config regarding firmware, and my kernels have |
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always loaded the firmware all by themselves (both with and without an |
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initramfs): |
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% zgrep FIRMWARE /proc/config.gz |
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CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=y |
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# CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL is not set |
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CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="" |
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# CONFIG_DRM_LOAD_EDID_FIRMWARE is not set |
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# CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID is not set |
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CONFIG_FIRMWARE_MEMMAP=y |
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# CONFIG_GOOGLE_FIRMWARE is not set |
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# CONFIG_TEST_FIRMWARE is not set |
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% dmesg |grep -i micro |
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[ 3.685241] [drm] Loading RV730 Microcode |
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HTH |
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-- |
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Marc Joliet |
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"People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we |
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don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup |
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