James wrote: > blocks B x11-drivers/ati-drivers (is blocking > x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0)
That's because none of the current ati-drivers work with xorg-server-1.3. > One thing that I as never really comfortable with is this make.conf > entry that I ended up using shich I gleaned from several wikis: > VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev fglrx vesa" This only means that the drivers for framebuffer, ati-drivers and vesa will be built for xorg. In your case you have probably configured xorg to use the ati-drivers (fglrx). It is a good idea to have the vesa driver handy in case something breaks after an update. It allows you to configure a slow but mostly working X11. > I'm still using an older kernel, (2.6.18-gentoo-r6) > so any advice on kernel versions or options to use with this video > card are welcome. From what I remember from bugs.gentoo.org, 2.6.19 should work fine with all recent ati-drivers, whereas 2.6.20 seems to be problematic. > Any advice on which 3D drivers options are now available for this > card or which version of ati-drivers I should install to keep > xorg-server-1.3.0.0 happy are welcome. The only information I > can find googling is not current with these newer versions > of ati-drivers, 2.6.20+ kernels, 3D and xorg-server 1.3. Stay away from xorg-server-1.3 and kernel-2.6.20 or later until ATI releases new versions that work with them. -- Remy
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