On Montag 12 Oktober 2009, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 12 Oct, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Montag 12 Oktober 2009, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> has anybody had success with ati-drivers + DRM ? > >> > >> (Without DRM ,i.e. 2.6.31-gentoo-r2 w/o DRM + > >> x11-drivers/ati-drivers-9.9-r2 works just fine.) > >> > >> I have the 2.6.31-r2 kernel with > >> devices-drivers/Graphic support/Direct Rendering Manager/ATI Radeon > >> (I have an ATI Radeon HD 3300 onboard graphics chip) > >> > >> x11-drivers/ati-drivers-9.9-r2 > >> > >> but this fails. > >> > >> What am I missing, or isn't it assumed to work? > > > > it does not work. It never did and it won't work in the near future. You > > try to have two drivers for the same hardware - that naver works. > > So, how to get 3D acceleration? > Thanks, > Helmut. >
ati-drivers don't need kernel dri for 3d acceleration. Just emerge the drivers, set up xorg.conf to load it - or run aticonfig --initial, eselect opengl set ati and you are done. Pretty much as described as in the guide.
