Re: [gentoo-user] two ati-drivers packages using --deep --update

2005-11-08 Thread Mark Knecht
On 11/7/05, Manuel McLure [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Knecht wrote: Yes, this much was in place. I wondered later if the issue is that my current kernel has DRM selected so that I Can get the radeon driver from the kernel. Possibly for the ATI driver I need to completely deselect DRM,

Re: [gentoo-user] two ati-drivers packages using --deep --update

2005-11-08 Thread Mark Knecht
On 11/8/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/7/05, Manuel McLure [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Knecht wrote: Yes, this much was in place. I wondered later if the issue is that my current kernel has DRM selected so that I Can get the radeon driver from the kernel. Possibly

Re: [gentoo-user] two ati-drivers packages using --deep --update

2005-11-08 Thread Mark Knecht
On 11/8/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/7/05, Manuel McLure [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Knecht wrote: Yes, this much was in place. I wondered later if the issue is that my current kernel has DRM selected so that I Can get the radeon driver from the kernel. Possibly

Re: [gentoo-user] two ati-drivers packages using --deep --update

2005-11-08 Thread Manuel McLure
Mark Knecht wrote: So with the realtime kernels I cannot even built the ATI drivers at this time. I don't really know what to make of that. Maybe time will tell. I think you need the 8.18.8-r1 for 2.6.14-gentoo kernels, at least that's what the ChangeLog for ati-drivers says (apparently

[gentoo-user] two ati-drivers packages using --deep --update

2005-11-07 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, Is the following expected with recent ati-drivers? Is this slotted? If so, and if I did the --deep --update command, then how do I know which one I'm using when I load fglrx? Thanks, Mark lightning ~ # emerge -pv ati-drivers ati-drivers-extra These are the packages that I would merge,

Re: [gentoo-user] two ati-drivers packages using --deep --update

2005-11-07 Thread Holly Bostick
Mark Knecht schreef: Hi, Is the following expected with recent ati-drivers? Is this slotted? No, and no. If so, and if I did the --deep --update command, then how do I know which one I'm using when I load fglrx? fglrxinfo would tell you the version of the ati-drivers in use. But... there

Re: [gentoo-user] two ati-drivers packages using --deep --update

2005-11-07 Thread Mark Knecht
On 11/7/05, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Knecht schreef: Problem here-- afaik-- is that the drivers-extra package is hooked to the drivers package of the same version. The --deep update of the drivers-extra package requires the 'same' version of the drivers package as it

Re: [gentoo-user] two ati-drivers packages using --deep --update

2005-11-07 Thread Martins Steinbergs
emerge -p ati-drivers ati-drivers-extra These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild R ] media-video/ati-drivers-8.18.8-r1 [ebuild R ] media-video/ati-drivers-extra-8.18.8 Do you maybe have a mask on ati-drivers-extra? Holly

Re: [gentoo-user] two ati-drivers packages using --deep --update

2005-11-07 Thread Manuel McLure
Mark Knecht wrote: From someone on the LKML I found out that the ATI binary drivers won't work on a 64-bit kernel so this is suddently not such an issue for me. The 32-bit drivers won't work on a 64-bit kernel, but ATI does provide 64-bit binary drivers as well (and the ebuild should download

Re: [gentoo-user] two ati-drivers packages using --deep --update

2005-11-07 Thread Mark Knecht
On 11/7/05, Manuel McLure [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Knecht wrote: From someone on the LKML I found out that the ATI binary drivers won't work on a 64-bit kernel so this is suddently not such an issue for me. The 32-bit drivers won't work on a 64-bit kernel, but ATI does provide 64-bit

Re: [gentoo-user] two ati-drivers packages using --deep --update

2005-11-07 Thread Manuel McLure
Mark Knecht wrote: On 11/7/05, Manuel McLure [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The 32-bit drivers won't work on a 64-bit kernel, but ATI does provide 64-bit binary drivers as well (and the ebuild should download the correct one depending on whether you're on a 64-bit or 32-bit Gentoo install.) --

Re: [gentoo-user] two ati-drivers packages using --deep --update

2005-11-07 Thread Mark Knecht
On 11/7/05, Manuel McLure [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Knecht wrote: On 11/7/05, Manuel McLure [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The 32-bit drivers won't work on a 64-bit kernel, but ATI does provide 64-bit binary drivers as well (and the ebuild should download the correct one depending on whether

Re: [gentoo-user] two ati-drivers packages using --deep --update

2005-11-07 Thread Manuel McLure
Mark Knecht wrote: Yes, this much was in place. I wondered later if the issue is that my current kernel has DRM selected so that I Can get the radeon driver from the kernel. Possibly for the ATI driver I need to completely deselect DRM, rebuild the kernel, and then emerge the ATI drivers? I'm