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| 5 | <guide> |
5 | <guide> |
| 6 | <title>Gentoo Linux ATI FAQ</title> |
6 | <title>Gentoo Linux ATI FAQ</title> |
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7 | |
| 8 | <author title="Author"> |
8 | <author title="Author"> |
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| 26 | <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> |
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| 28 | <license/> |
28 | <license/> |
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| 30 | <version>6</version> |
30 | <version>7</version> |
| 31 | <date>2012-06-13</date> |
31 | <date>2012-06-29</date> |
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| 33 | <chapter> |
33 | <chapter> |
| 34 | <title>Hardware Support</title> |
34 | <title>Hardware Support</title> |
| 35 | <section> |
35 | <section> |
| 36 | <title>Is my AMD/ATI board supported?</title> |
36 | <title>Is my AMD/ATI board supported?</title> |
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| 198 | <section> |
198 | <section> |
| 199 | <title>Configuration</title> |
199 | <title>Configuration</title> |
| 200 | <body> |
200 | <body> |
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| 202 | <p> |
202 | <p> |
| 203 | You may not need to manually create <path>xorg.conf</path> or modify it. Try |
203 | You may not need to manually create <path>xorg.conf</path> or modify it if you |
| 204 | running without it first. You can also use the Xorg auto configuration option: |
204 | are using the open-source radeon driver. Try running without it first. If this |
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205 | fails, you can use the auto-configuration option of X: |
| 205 | </p> |
206 | </p> |
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| 207 | <pre caption="Autoconfiguring X"> |
208 | <pre caption="Autoconfiguring X"> |
| 208 | # <i>X -configure</i> |
209 | # <i>X -configure</i> |
| 209 | </pre> |
210 | </pre> |
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211 | |
| 211 | <p> |
212 | <p> |
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213 | If you use the propriatary ATI drivers, you can get assistance for configuring |
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214 | X through the <c>aticonfig</c> application (which is part of the |
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215 | <c>ati-drivers</c> package). |
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216 | </p> |
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218 | <p> |
| 212 | For more information on how to get a basic <c>xorg.conf</c> configuration file, |
219 | For more information on how to get a basic <c>xorg.conf</c> configuration file, |
| 213 | please refer to the <uri link="/doc/en/xorg-config.xml">Gentoo X Server |
220 | please refer to the <uri link="/doc/en/xorg-config.xml">Gentoo X Server |
| 214 | HowTo</uri>. |
221 | HowTo</uri>. |
| 215 | </p> |
222 | </p> |
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223 | |
| 217 | <note> |
224 | <note> |
| 218 | PPC, AMD64, and x86 users can use the <c>xac</c> stand-alone X configuration |
225 | PPC, AMD64, and x86 users can use the <c>xac</c> stand-alone X configuration |
| 219 | tool by emerging <c>x11-misc/xac</c>, but isn't required. |
226 | tool by emerging <c>x11-misc/xac</c>, but isn't required. |
| 220 | </note> |
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| 222 | <note> |
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| 223 | You can use <c>aticonfig</c> if you have installed the <c>ati-drivers</c> |
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| 224 | package. |
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| 225 | </note> |
227 | </note> |
| 226 | |
228 | |
| 227 | <impo> |
229 | <impo> |
| 228 | If you're using <c>ati-drivers</c>, then you'll need to disable <c>radeonfb</c> |
230 | If you're using <c>ati-drivers</c>, then you'll need to disable <c>radeonfb</c> |
| 229 | (and probably any other framebuffer drivers) in your kernel config, as it |
231 | (and probably any other framebuffer drivers) in your kernel config, as it |
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