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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Solved.Re: X/ati/amd/kde4/hal/evdev/??? problem
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:57:04
Message-Id: 200907160156.57379.volkerarmin@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Solved.Re: X/ati/amd/kde4/hal/evdev/??? problem by Keith Dart
1 On Donnerstag 16 Juli 2009, Keith Dart wrote:
2 > On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:10:35 +0000 (UTC)
3 >
4 > James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
5 > > I thought I'd post my working xorg.conf with ati-drivers-9.6.
6 > > It can probable be whittle down more, but it works with
7 > > xorg-server-1.6.2-r1 so I done for now.....
8 > > thx to all that help....
9 >
10 > Just FYI, I also have a recent ATI card in my system. I tried the
11 > ati-drivers initially, but they suck. They perform poorly for 2D, and
12 > they are strictly 32bit so you also have to run mixed-mode X server on a
13 > 64 bit system.
14
15 so very wrong.
16
17 >
18 > The open-source x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati package works much better.
19 > If you don't really need the 3D acceleration I'd recommend you switch
20 > to that.
21
22 except that they don't have working powermanagment, increasing energy
23 consumption (a lot) and noise (even more).

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Re: [gentoo-user] Solved.Re: X/ati/amd/kde4/hal/evdev/??? problem Keith Dart <keith@×××××××××.biz>