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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"> |
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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 X11 for ATI boards. |
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</abstract> |
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<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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<version>1.0.17</version> |
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<date>2006-02-13</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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Many ATI boards (but not all) are supported by <uri |
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link="http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/xorg">xorg-x11</uri>, at least for the |
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2D accelerated features. The 3D support is provided either by <uri |
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link="http://dri.sf.net">the DRI project</uri> which is part of xorg-x11, or by |
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ATI's <uri |
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link="http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html">closed |
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source drivers</uri>. |
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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>xorg 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>xorg DRI</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>R200, R250, R280</ti> |
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<ti>Radeon8500, Radeon9000, Radeon9200</ti> |
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<ti>xorg DRI, ATI DRI</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>R300, R400, R500</ti> |
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<ti>Radeon 9500 - x800</ti> |
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<ti>xorg 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 board's multimedia features are supported by <uri |
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link="http://gatos.sf.net">the GATOS project</uri>. These drivers will be |
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merged into the xorg tree shortly. |
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</p> |
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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-based architecture. What are my options?</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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X11 support on the PPC or Alpha platforms is quite similar to x86 X11 support. |
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However, ATI's closed source drivers are not supported on the PPC or Alpha, so |
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you cannot use the 3D features of the R300 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). If |
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you have such a board and want it supported by X11, contact |
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<uri link="http://www.ati.com">ATI</uri> and ask them to release the |
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specifications for your system's GPU. The closed source driver for the AMD64 |
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was released, so AMD64 users can now enjoy the same features as x86 users. |
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</p> |
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<impo> |
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To enable agpgart support for certain AMD64 chip sets, you have to disable |
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support for the K8 IOMMU. |
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</impo> |
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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 ATI Mobility 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>xorgconfig</c> utility. |
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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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<ul> |
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<li>The <c>xorg-x11</c> ebuild provides the X11 implementation</li> |
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<li> |
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For a 2.6.x kernel the DRI modules can be built with the kernel or be |
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provided by the <c>x11-drm</c> ebuild |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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For a 2.4.x kernel series you must use the <c>x11-drm</c> ebuild |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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The <c>ati-drivers</c> ebuild provides the ATI closed source X drivers |
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and kernel modules, for both the 2.4 and 2.6 series kernels |
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</li> |
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</ul> |
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<p> |
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If you want to use ATI's <e>internal</e> agpgart support instead of the Linux |
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kernel one, the agpgart driver and the chip set specific driver (in your kernel |
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configuration) must be built as modules or not at all. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Installing drivers"> |
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<comment>(If you want just the Rage128 drivers and modules installed with X11)</comment> |
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# <i>VIDEO_CARDS="rage128" emerge x11-drm</i> |
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<comment>(To have just the Radeon support)</comment> |
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<comment>(R100, R200, R250, R280, but not R300 yet)</comment> |
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# <i>VIDEO_CARDS="radeon" emerge x11-drm</i> |
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<comment>(To install the ATI closed source drivers)</comment> |
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<comment>(R200, R250, R280 and R300 only)</comment> |
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# <i>emerge ati-drivers</i> |
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<comment>(To install X11 without any kernel modules)</comment> |
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# <i>emerge xorg-x11</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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<body> |
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<p> |
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The use of <c>xorgcfg</c> or <c>xorgconfig</c> to generate the |
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<path>xorg.conf</path> configuration file is suggested. Alternatively, you |
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may use the Xorg 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>xorg.conf</c> configuration file, |
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please refer to the <uri link="/doc/en/xorg-config.xml">Gentoo X Server |
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HowTo</uri>. |
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</p> |
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<note> |
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You can use <c>fglrxconfig</c> if you have installed the <c>ati-drivers</c> |
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package. |
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</note> |
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<impo> |
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PPC users could use the <c>Xorgautoconfig</c> stand-alone configuration tool by |
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emerging the <c>Xorgautoconfig</c> ebuild, but isn't required. |
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</impo> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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<section> |
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<title>Switching to OpenGL</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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Once X is installed, configured, and running, it can use the ATI OpenGL |
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libraries: |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Running opengl-update"> |
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# <i>opengl-update ati</i> |
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</pre> |
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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>More Resources</title> |
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<section> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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More information on Gentoo Linux and the ATI Radeon binary drivers can be found |
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on the <uri |
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link="http://odin.prohosting.com/wedge01/gentoo-radeon-faq.html">Wedge |
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Unofficial Gentoo ATI Radeon FAQ</uri>. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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</chapter> |
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