Joe wrote:
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From: *Joe* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
Date: Jul 18, 2005 10:17 AM
Subject: How to configure a Radeon 7500 PCI card...
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I was trying to follow the guides and figure things out for myself but
I have not been able to. The guide
(http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ati-faq.xml) says that I need to use the
DRI project because the closed source drivers do not work with my
older card. It also says that the x11-drm ebuild can be used or you
can change the kernel option for the DRI modules. When I try to
emerge the x11-drm ebuild it says that 2.6.x kernels cannot use this
ebuild. 2.6 kernel users have to set kernel options. I have been
looking around for the right options but I cannot find them. Could
someone point them out to me so I can get this working. I am in the
process of going to kernel 2.6.12-r4. Thank you.
The DRM options in the kernel configuration that you need are:
-> Device Drivers
->Character Devices
Direct Rendering Manager=y (or 'm')
ATI Radeon = y (or 'm')
You should not need any other patches, drivers, or packages, and can go
straight to configuring DRI after you get the new kernel built and running.
-Richard
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