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On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Adam Carter<Adam.Carter@×××××××××.au> wrote: |
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>> I am scanning the /var/log/Xorg.0.log looking for info on what chip |
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>> this is. I'm not finding anything that says what Radeon family it's |
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>> part of. lspci tells me what I posted here already - that it's part of |
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>> the IGP 9100 family. |
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ATI_Graphics_Processing_Units says its an R200. |
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>> I found this page at the AMD/ATI site but I suspect it's for a newer |
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>> version of the chipset: |
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>> http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon9100igp/features.html |
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>> I'm going to pursue this with more dedication as it is really the only |
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>> current path I've heard of so far that gives me a chance to stay |
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>> current with Gentoo. |
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>> What VIDEO_DEVICES setting might one use to get this driver called up? |
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>> Either ati or radeon and check that it installs Open Source? |
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> So you want the radeon/ati driver, the package name is xf86-video-ati, so I guess that means you want ati in VIDEO_DEVICES. |
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>> It is a bunch of work, but it would be great if I can use it. |
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> I thought emerge xf86-video-ati, then swapping Driver "flgrx" to Driver "radeon" in xorg.conf was all that is required?? |
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No, I need a new kernel also. The kernel on this machine is 2 years |
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old. Also, I have about a dozen packages masked so I've unmasked those |
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and will need to get the whole machine up to date. |
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None the less I'm happy to do it if there's any chance it will work. |
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Thanks, |
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Mark |
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