xorg-server-1.0.* is compatible with up to the latest version of ati-drivers - I have yet to reboot into 2.6.17 but have heard of no issues with kernel. If you are running ~amd64 you will need to to either match Duncan's open-source piety or mask a few xorg things as there has been an ABI change in xorg-server which has not been picked up in ati-drivers yet. My /etc/portage/package.mask includes the following lines ATM:
=x11-base/xorg-server-1.1.0-r1 =x11-base/xorg-x11-7.1 =x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.1.0 =x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.1.1 W. Norm Heinen wrote: > xorg modular has been in for several version of ati-drivers. > You'll need to unmask by keyword the latest drivers in portage. Which > at this time is 8.25.18 > > I know they work on 2.6.16, however I can't confirm they work on > 2.6.17. But I see no reason why they shouldn't. > > emerge -av ati-drivers > > > On 6/21/06, Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> "Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted >> [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted >> below, on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:12:54 -0700: >> >> > Just wondering if there is a known good ati-drivers package in >> > portage for linux-2.6.17, either in the kernel.org or gentoo versions. >> >> No problem with x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati (6.6.1) here. Kernel 2.6.17 >> (kernel.org vanilla), xorg-7.1, compiled with gcc 4.1.1. >> >> Of course, I don't use slaveryware, so don't use the slaveryware ati >> drivers. I haven't read of any kernel issues with them, but last I >> read, >> they didn't have a version for xorg-modular, either 7.0 or 7.1, yet. >> That is of course one of the problems with using slaveryware, users are >> dependent on the whims of their software master for updates, which often >> lag the freedomware versions, if the master deigns to release updates at >> all. The Nvidia slaves' master is likewise lagging. >> >> -- >> Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. >> "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- >> and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman >> >> -- >> [email protected] mailing list >> >> -- [email protected] mailing list
