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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"> |
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<mail link="lu_zero@gentoo.org">Luca Barbato</mail> |
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</author> |
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<author title="Editor"> |
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<mail link="peesh@gentoo.org">Jorge Paulo</mail> |
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</author> |
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<author title="Editor"> |
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<mail link="blubber@gentoo.org">Tiemo Kieft</mail> |
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</author> |
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<abstract> |
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This FAQ should help users avoid some common installation and configuration |
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issues related to DRI and xfree for ATI boards. |
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</abstract> |
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<license/> |
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<version>1.0.1</version> |
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<date>August 25, 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> |
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Almost every ATI board is supported by <uri |
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link="http://www.xfree86.org">Xfree86</uri>, at least for the 2D accelerated |
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features. The 3D support is provided either by <uri |
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link="http://dri.sf.net">the DRI project</uri>, which is already present inside |
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XFree86, or by closed source drivers <uri |
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link="http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html"> |
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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>Rage128</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> |
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I have an All-In-Wonder/Vivo board. Are the multimedia features supported? |
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</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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The multimedia features are actually supported by <uri |
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link="http://gatos.sf.net">the GATOS project</uri>. |
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</p> |
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<warn> |
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ati-gatos is currently outdated. We are planning to add gatos support directly |
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inside xfree. |
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</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> |
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You have almost the same xfree support on ppc or alpha platform but you can't |
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use the ATI closed source drivers. That means that you can't use the r300 3d |
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features at all. If you have such a board and you want it supported by xfree, |
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you should contact <uri link="http://www.ati.com">ATI</uri> and ask them to open |
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the specs. |
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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> |
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It should be but you may have a configuration issue due to the OEM PCI id that |
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such chips may have. In most cases you may have to write the configuration file |
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yourself or 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 caption="Installing drivers"> |
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<codenote>If you want just the Rage128 drivers and modules installed with xfree</codenote> |
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# <i>VIDEO_CARDS="rage128" emerge xfree-drm</i> |
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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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# <i>VIDEO_CARDS="radeon" emerge xfree-drm</i> |
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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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# <i>emerge ati-drivers</i> |
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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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# <i>emerge xfree</i> |
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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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<p> |
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It is suggested the use of <c>xf86cfg</c>, <c>xf86config</c> or directly by |
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using the XFree86 auto configuration option: |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Autoconfiguring>X"> |
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# <i>X -configure</i> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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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 <uri link="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/desktop.xml">DesktopConfiguration Guide</uri>. |
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</p> |
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<note> |
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Users of the ati-drivers can also use <c>fglrxconfig</c>. |
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</note> |
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<impo> |
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PPC users should use the <c>Xeasyconf</c> stand alone configurator by |
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emerging the <c>xeasyconf</c> ebuild. |
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</impo> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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</chapter> |
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