On 09/21/2009 08:10 PM, James wrote:
Hello,
Currently, on an old laptop I have this chip:
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc
Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
using ati-drivers, all if fine with:
#### xorg-server-1.5.3-r5
#### ati-drivers-8.593
#### xorg-x11-7.4
#### linux -> linux-2.6.28-gentoo-r5/
I want to convert to the open-source radeon driver
I'm not finding instruction docs (except very old) so here's
what I have found to do.
edit /etc/make.conf:
VIDEO_CARDS="radeon vesa"
(I keep vesa for a backup....)
emerge -C ati-drivers
run 'qlist -I -C x11-drivers/'
and rebuild the list of supporting drivers?
<reboot>
??? that simple or did I miss something?
One more thing. Enable DRM support in the kernel and select the Radeon
DRM driver. You need this or else you won't get accelerated graphics.
