On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 10:08:02PM +0000, James wrote:
> Well from my xorg.conf:
> Driver "radeon"
> VideoRam 65536
> <snip>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen 1"
> Device "Radeon-9000-M9"
> Monitor "LCDwxga"
> DefaultDepth 24
>
> So since I have a 250 on a 9000, I do not need the
> ati-drivers? <meaning I can 'emerge unmerge ati-drivers'>
> ????
emerge unmerge ati-drivers ati-drivers-extra (is that the right name
for the package? something like that)
opengl-update xorg-x11
and you should be fine.
>
> >
> > Mostly, if they work, you will lose any kind of software suspend/power
> > management support. I have no idea why ATI can't support such a simple
> > thing as suspend/resume, when the necessary events have been in the
> > kernel for over a year, and every _other_ driver supports it, including
> > nvidia...this is the main reason I refuse to run the ATI drivers on my
> > mobility 9600.
>
> You mean you refuse to run ATI's drivers or the 'ati-drivers'?
> Sorry, I'm not really up on these issues. I just want something
> simple. But, a compelling reason to use the ati-drivers and a little
> help on the xorg.conf settings and I'll convert.
>
I am pretty sure he means the lousy support ATI has for their binary
drivers.
>
> > You will also lose the ability to use the radeonfb driver for your
> > console...the two drivers do not play nice together. You can use either
> > text mode or vesafb (slow) for console support.
>
> Well, 'radeonfb does not even show up in my xorg.conf file.
> Maybe you could send me an xorg.conf file that uses properly
> sets all of these parameters. (I do not know what I'm missing
> nor how to set it up and test the differences. I would like to learn.
afaik, radeonfb is a framebuffer driver for console. It has nothing
to do with X.
> You certainly seem quite knowledgable on these issues. Do have time
> for to help me:
>
> configure an xorg.conf file so I can test the benefits of the ati-drivers
> and the radeonfb? Then I can decide to use the ati-drivers or not? Earlier
> you said my chip could not even benefit from the 'ati-drivers'
>
I'll refer you to the Gentoo ATI FAQ
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ati-faq.xml
fglrxconfig should make a pretty good Xorg config file.
W
> If there is benefit or moral(open-source)imperative then I'll use
> the ati-drivers. However, if it takes a graphics subsystem expert
> lots of effort to effect the proper use of the ati-drivers, then
> I should stay with the radeon drivers?
>
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