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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
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<guide link="/doc/en/ati-faq.xml">
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<title>Gentoo Linux ATi FAQ</title>
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<author title="Author"><mail link="lu_zero@gentoo.org">
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Luca Barbato</mail>
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</author>
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<author title="Editor"><mail link="peesh@gentoo.org">
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Jorge Paulo</mail>
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</author>
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<abstract>This FAQ should help users avoid some common installation and configuration
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issues related to DRI and xfree for ATi boards</abstract>
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<version>1.0</version>
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<date>22 Apr 2003</date>
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<chapter>
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<title>Hardware Support</title>
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<section>
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<title>Is my ATi board supported?</title>
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<body>
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<p>Almost every ATi board is supported by <uri link="http://www.xfree86.org">Xfree86</uri>,
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at least for the 2D accelerated features. The 3D support is provided either by
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<uri link="http://dri.sf.net">the DRI project</uri>, which is already present inside XFree86,
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or by closed source drivers
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<uri link="http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html">provided</uri> by ATi.
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</p>
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<table>
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<tr>
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<th>GPU</th>
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<th>Common Name</th>
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<th>Support</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<ti>rage128</ti>
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<ti>rage 128</ti>
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<ti>xfree DRI</ti>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<ti>r100</ti>
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<ti>radeon7xxx,radeon64</ti>
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<ti>xfree DRI</ti>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<ti>r200,r250</ti>
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<ti>radeon8500,radeon9000</ti>
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<ti>xfree DRI, ATi DRI</ti>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<ti>r300,following</ti>
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<ti>radeon9500,radeon9800</ti>
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<ti>xfree 2D, ATi DRI</ti>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>I have an all-in-wonder/vivo board. Are the multimedia features supported?</title>
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<body>
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<p>The multimedia features are actually supported by
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<uri link="http://gatos.sf.net">the gatos project</uri>.</p>
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<warn>ati-gatos is currently outdated, we are planning to add gatos support directly
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inside xfree.</warn>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>I'm not using an x86. What are my options?</title>
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<body>
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<p>You have almost the same xfree support on ppc or alpha platform but you can't use
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the ATi closed source drivers. That means that you can't use the r300 3d features at all.
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If you have such a board and you want it supported by xfree, you should contact
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<uri link="http://www.ati.com">ATi</uri> asking them to open the specs.</p>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>I have a laptop. Is my "mobility" ATi model supported?</title>
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<body>
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<p>It should be but you may have a configuration issue due to the oem pci id that such
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chips may have. In most cases you may have to write the configuration file yourself or
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use the <c>xf86config</c>.
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</p>
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</body>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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<chapter>
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<title>Installation</title>
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<section>
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<title>Packages</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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The <c>xfree</c> ebuild provides XFree86, <c>xfree-drm</c> provides the kernel
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modules required by DRI and <c>ati-drivers</c> provides the ati closed source X
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drivers and kernel modules.
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</p>
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<impo>
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Your kernel must have agpgart support and not have the DRM modules compiled in.
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</impo>
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<pre>
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<codenote>If you want just the rage 128 drivers and modules
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installed with xfree
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</codenote>
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# USE="r128" emerge xfree-drm
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<codenote>To have just the radeon support</codenote>
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<codenote>(r100, r200, r250, but not r300 yet)</codenote>
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# USE="radeon" emerge xfree-drm
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<codenote>To install the ATi closed source drivers</codenote>
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<codenote>(r200,r250 and r300 only)</codenote>
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# emerge ati-drivers
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<codenote>To install just XFree86 but not install</codenote>
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<codenote>any kernel module</codenote>
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# emerge xfree
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</pre>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Configuration</title>
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<body>
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<p>It is sugested the use of <c>xf86cfg</c>, <c>xf86config</c> or directly by
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using the XFree86 autoconfiguration option:
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<pre>
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# X -configure
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</pre>
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For more information on how to get a basic <c>XF86Config</c> configuration file,
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please refer to the
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<uri link="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/desktop.xml">Desktop Configuration Guide</uri>.</p>
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<note> Users of the ati-drivers can also use <c>fglrxconfig</c>.</note>
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<impo>PPC users should use the <c>Xeasyconf</c> stand alone configurator by
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emerging the <c>xeasyconf</c> ebuild.</impo>
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</body>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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