On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:56:57 +0200 Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> so very wrong. From the AMD driver web site: "32-Bit packages must be installed for 64-Bit Linux drivers to install or work. " The ebuild also pulls in the app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-xlibs package. Please explain. > > > > The open-source x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati package works much > > better. If you don't really need the 3D acceleration I'd recommend > > you switch to that. > > except that they don't have working powermanagment, increasing energy > consumption (a lot) and noise (even more). I hadn't noticed that. I did notice a definite speed and stability improvement after switching to the open-source drivers. The ati-drivers also crashed my system occasionally. -- -- -------------------- Keith Dart <ke...@dartworks.biz> =======================