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On Donnerstag 16 Juli 2009, Keith Dart wrote: |
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> On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:56:57 +0200 |
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> Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > so very wrong. |
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> From the AMD driver web site: |
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> "32-Bit packages must be installed for 64-Bit Linux drivers to install |
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> or work. " |
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yes, but that does not mean 'strictly 32bit'. In fact, that part of the amd |
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website is wrong, as Bridgeman explained in the phoronix forum. The amd |
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drivers work perfectly fine in a pure 64bit environment. |
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http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10868&highlight=32- |
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Bit+packages+installed+64-Bit+Linux+drivers+install |
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> The ebuild also pulls in the app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-xlibs |
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> package. |
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because the maintainer believes a wrong website and not facts. Also you need |
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the 32bit emul stuff when you try to run 32bit apps - like a lot of people |
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still do or want to do. In a non-multilib environment those are not needed. |
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There is a bug open about this. |
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> Please explain. |
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you said 'strictly 32bit' which is absolutely and utterly wrong. |
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> > > The open-source x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati package works much |
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> > > better. If you don't really need the 3D acceleration I'd recommend |
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> > > you switch to that. |
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> > except that they don't have working powermanagment, increasing energy |
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> > consumption (a lot) and noise (even more). |
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> I hadn't noticed that. I did notice a definite speed and |
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> stability improvement after switching to the open-source drivers. The |
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> ati-drivers also crashed my system occasionally. |
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106W with catalyst. |
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170W with open source drivers. |
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fan quiet with catalyst (not able to hear it) in KDE and most of the time |
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playing games. |
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fan extremely loud with open source drivers. |
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air warm (2 slot card) with catalyst. |
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air hot with open source drivers. |
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2d mostly acceptable with catalyst (I can live with the shortcomings since i |
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don't have problems with 'Tearing' or slow window resize with composite turned |
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on). |
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2d always acceptable with open source drivers. |
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3d very good with catalyst. |
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3d not existing with open source drivers. |
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The only crash I can see with 9.6 and 2.6.30: |
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if the monitor was sent into standby/off mode, turns back on and an app uses xv |
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to display video or a 3d game starts there is a high chance that the box might |
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lock up in the next couple of minutes. |
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Since I am at my box either almost all the time or turn it off, this isn't a |
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problem for me - it might be for other people. |
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