Thanks, Effects is working.. On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@arcor.de> wrote:
> On 10/25/2011 12:58 AM, Mick wrote: > >> Does this need adding to /etc/make.conf? >>>> >>> >>> Yes. Everyone who uses an AMD card should have "radeon" in VIDEO_CARDS, >>> followed by either "r300" or "r600". Of course only when we're taking >>> about the X.Org drivers. If you're going to use the Catalyst >>> proprietary drivers, you should put "fglrx" in VIDEO_CARDS. >>> >> >> OK, I've added it and I'm remerging mesa to see what difference it makes. >> > > If mesa doesn't get automatically rebuilt (changing VIDEO_CARDS counts as a > USE flags change, so "emerge -uDN world" will pick it up), then that means > you're using a version of mesa that doesn't recognize "r600". > > I'm on mesa-9999 (one of the very few live ebuilds I use). Now that I > checked this, it's the only version to recognize "r300" and "r600" in > VIDEO_CARDS. However, that also means that future release versions of mesa > will also recognize them (the live ebuilds are always a precursor of things > to come.) So adding "r300" or "r600" now doesn't hurt and will ensure you > don't forget to do so later when mesa 7.12 (or 8.0?) comes out. > > >
