> I am scanning the /var/log/Xorg.0.log looking for info on what chip > this is. I'm not finding anything that says what Radeon family it's > part of. lspci tells me what I posted here already - that it's part of > the IGP 9100 family.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ATI_Graphics_Processing_Units says its an R200. > I found this page at the AMD/ATI site but I suspect it's for a newer > version of the chipset: > > http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon9100igp/features.html > > I'm going to pursue this with more dedication as it is really the only > current path I've heard of so far that gives me a chance to stay > current with Gentoo. > > What VIDEO_DEVICES setting might one use to get this driver called up? > Either ati or radeon and check that it installs Open Source? So you want the radeon/ati driver, the package name is xf86-video-ati, so I guess that means you want ati in VIDEO_DEVICES. > It is a bunch of work, but it would be great if I can use it. I thought emerge xf86-video-ati, then swapping Driver "flgrx" to Driver "radeon" in xorg.conf was all that is required??
