> BTW, I had forgotten to run 'eselect opengl set ati' which I've always > done when configuring X. However, when I do this, it returns > 'Unrecognized option: ati' > > You all are probably thinking I'm nuts now, but I thought this my solve > the issue as stated about. I've checked an rechecked the Gentoo ATI > Guide and I've done everything it says.
Try eselect opengl list to show what's available. IIRC ati will use fglrx. There may be an option called radeon, which you can used instead.

