--- xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml 2011/03/23 09:26:09 1.52 +++ xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml 2012/06/29 19:21:52 1.55 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ - + Gentoo Linux ATI FAQ @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ -5 -2011-03-01 +7 +2012-06-29 Hardware Support @@ -80,28 +80,33 @@ R600 RadeonHD 2000 series - AMD DRI, xorg + xorg RV670 RadeonHD 3000 series - AMD DRI, xorg + xorg RV770 (R700) RadeonHD 4000 series - AMD DRI, xorg + xorg - R800 + Evergreen RadeonHD 5000 series AMD DRI, xorg - R900 + Northern Islands RadeonHD 6000 series AMD DRI, xorg + + Southern Islands + RadeonHD 7000 series + AMD DRI, xorg + @@ -195,8 +200,9 @@

-You may not need to manually create xorg.conf or modify it. Try -running without it first. You can also use the Xorg auto configuration option: +You may not need to manually create xorg.conf or modify it if you +are using the open-source radeon driver. Try running without it first. If this +fails, you can use the auto-configuration option of X: 

@@ -204,6 +210,12 @@

+If you use the proprietary ATI drivers, you can get assistance for configuring +X through the aticonfig application (which is part of the +ati-drivers package). +

+ +

For more information on how to get a basic xorg.conf configuration file, please refer to the Gentoo X Server HowTo. @@ -214,11 +226,6 @@ tool by emerging x11-misc/xac, but isn't required. - -You can use aticonfig if you have installed the ati-drivers -package. - - If you're using ati-drivers, then you'll need to disable radeonfb (and probably any other framebuffer drivers) in your kernel config, as it