Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Radeon 9550
Mark Kirkwood wrote: # echo INPUT_DEVICES=\keyboard mouse\ /etc/make.conf # echo VIDEO_CARDS=\radeon vesa\ /etc/make.conf # VIDEO_CARDS=radeon emerge x11-drm # emerge xorg-x11 # env-update # source /etc/profile # Xorg -configure # fails mouse detect # sed 's/\/dev\/mouse/\/dev\/input\/mice/' xorg.conf.new xorg.conf.newer # Xorg -config `pwd`/xorg.conf.newer # cp xorg.conf.newer /etc/X11/xorg.conf # only if prev works! Note that Xorg -configure seems to fail to detect the mouse device, but gives an otherwise good file. Purely for completeness (since Sean is switched to a Nvidea card now)... Xorg -configure does not enable non-root users to have DRI enabled, so I needed to append to xorg.conf: Section DRI Mode 0666 EndSection Best wishes Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Radeon 9550
Mark Kirkwood wrote: I'm very interested as I've been using a 9550 with HW accel enabled + Xorg (6.9) with the radeon driver in FreeBSD 6 without any problems at all. This encourages me to think they should work in Gentoo as well...(crosses fingers) as I'm in the process of building my mother a machine running Gentoo and have one of these (a 9200) lying around and am intending to use it I temporarily made my box with the Radeon 9550 run Gentoo (installed on a space disk) to try this out. It seems hardware acceleration works and is stable, 'tho not terribly fast for 3D (2200 FPS with glxgears), but very snappy for 2D (which is all I really use...). Cheers Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Radeon 9550
Mark Kirkwood wrote: Sean wrote: I picked up one of these cards today. Normally I prefer nvidia based but I let price make my choice right now. Anyway, have had nothing but problems trying to get this thing working. Found many bugs listed against the ati-drivers, and not having much more success using the open source drivers also listed in the Gentoo ATI faq. Did you try the Xorg radeon driver? (think its part of xf86-video-ati). You want to unmerge ati-drivers if they have proved unstable (no surprise there...) I'm very interested as I've been using a 9550 with HW accel enabled + Xorg (6.9) with the radeon driver in FreeBSD 6 without any problems at all. This encourages me to think they should work in Gentoo as well...(crosses fingers) as I'm in the process of building my mother a machine running Gentoo and have one of these (a 9200) lying around and am intending to use it Cheers Mark I tried the xf86-video-ati driver as you suggested. Xorg just starts up, is blank or black for a few moments then just ends. Cannot find out a reason why at this point. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Radeon 9550
sean wrote: I tried the xf86-video-ati driver as you suggested. Xorg just starts up, is blank or black for a few moments then just ends. Cannot find out a reason why at this point. Hmmm - I notice from another email that you have lost your .so for radeon, so that might be an issue, so after reinstalling xf86-video-ati maybe try the steps I followed. I didn't select direct rendering support in-kernel (not sure if doing that and *not* emerging x11-drm is better, but anyway): # echo INPUT_DEVICES=\keyboard mouse\ /etc/make.conf # echo VIDEO_CARDS=\radeon vesa\ /etc/make.conf # VIDEO_CARDS=radeon emerge x11-drm # emerge xorg-x11 # env-update # source /etc/profile # Xorg -configure # fails mouse detect # sed 's/\/dev\/mouse/\/dev\/input\/mice/' xorg.conf.new xorg.conf.newer # Xorg -config `pwd`/xorg.conf.newer # cp xorg.conf.newer /etc/X11/xorg.conf # only if prev works! Note that Xorg -configure seems to fail to detect the mouse device, but gives an otherwise good file. The 2nd to last last step should give a working X server (default background with a mouse cross). If it doesn't then there is an issue! Cheers Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Radeon 9550
On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 22:21 -0500, Sean wrote: I picked up one of these cards today. Normally I prefer nvidia based but I let price make my choice right now. Anyway, have had nothing but problems trying to get this thing working. Found many bugs listed against the ati-drivers, and not having much more success using the open source drivers also listed in the Gentoo ATI faq. Before I go much further, or post for any help here, have any others here managed to get this card working on Gentoo, or should i just go try and get an Nvidia based card instead? Thanks Sean\ Works fine for me - radeon 9550/RV350. ati-drivers-8.32.5 with USE=opengl Using it on a mythtv box with gentoo-sources patched with suspend2. Some versions of ati-drivers are very flakey, but the above version is rock solid with good playback in myth and no problems with hibernate to disk or other dramas. BillK -- William Kenworthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] ATI Radeon 9550
I picked up one of these cards today. Normally I prefer nvidia based but I let price make my choice right now. Anyway, have had nothing but problems trying to get this thing working. Found many bugs listed against the ati-drivers, and not having much more success using the open source drivers also listed in the Gentoo ATI faq. Before I go much further, or post for any help here, have any others here managed to get this card working on Gentoo, or should i just go try and get an Nvidia based card instead? Thanks Sean -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Radeon 9550
Sean wrote: I picked up one of these cards today. Normally I prefer nvidia based but I let price make my choice right now. Anyway, have had nothing but problems trying to get this thing working. Found many bugs listed against the ati-drivers, and not having much more success using the open source drivers also listed in the Gentoo ATI faq. Did you try the Xorg radeon driver? (think its part of xf86-video-ati). You want to unmerge ati-drivers if they have proved unstable (no surprise there...) I'm very interested as I've been using a 9550 with HW accel enabled + Xorg (6.9) with the radeon driver in FreeBSD 6 without any problems at all. This encourages me to think they should work in Gentoo as well...(crosses fingers) as I'm in the process of building my mother a machine running Gentoo and have one of these (a 9200) lying around and am intending to use it Cheers Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
