nightmorph 09/11/30 08:35:32 Modified: ati-faq.xml Log: updated ati FAQ for bug 293564. also updated info on driver support and other misc. bits
Revision Changes Path 1.47 xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.47&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.47&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?r1=1.46&r2=1.47 Index: ati-faq.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.46 retrieving revision 1.47 diff -u -r1.46 -r1.47 --- ati-faq.xml 6 Jul 2008 08:29:11 -0000 1.46 +++ ati-faq.xml 30 Nov 2009 08:35:32 -0000 1.47 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.46 2008/07/06 08:29:11 nightmorph Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.47 2009/11/30 08:35:32 nightmorph Exp $ --> <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> <guide link="/doc/en/ati-faq.xml"> @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> <license/> -<version>1.7</version> -<date>2008-07-06</date> +<version>1.8</version> +<date>2009-11-30</date> <chapter> <title>Hardware Support</title> @@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ 2D accelerated features. The 3D support is provided either by xorg-x11, or by ATI's <uri link="http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html";>closed -source drivers</uri>. +source drivers</uri>. ATI's closed source driver only supports R600 and newer +GPUs. Older GPUs will use the mature xorg-x11 driver. </p> <table> @@ -64,32 +65,32 @@ <tr> <ti>R200, R250, R280</ti> <ti>Radeon8500, Radeon9000, Radeon9200</ti> - <ti>xorg, ATI DRI</ti> + <ti>xorg</ti> </tr> <tr> <ti>R300, R400</ti> <ti>Radeon 9500 - x850</ti> - <ti>xorg, ATI DRI</ti> + <ti>xorg</ti> </tr> <tr> <ti>R500</ti> <ti>Radeon X1300 and higher</ti> - <ti>ATI DRI, xorg (since xf86-video-ati 6.9)</ti> + <ti>xorg</ti> </tr> <tr> <ti>R600</ti> <ti>Radeon HD 2000 series</ti> - <ti>ATI DRI, xorg (since xf86-video-ati 6.9)</ti> + <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> </tr> <tr> <ti>RV670</ti> <ti>Radeon HD 3000 series</ti> - <ti>ATI DRI, xorg (since xf86-video-ati 6.9)</ti> + <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> </tr> <tr> <ti>RV770</ti> <ti>Radeon HD 4000 series</ti> - <ti>ATI DRI (since catalyst 8.6), xorg support in progress</ti> + <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> </tr> </table> @@ -132,13 +133,13 @@ </body> </section> <section> -<title>I have a laptop. Is my ATI Mobility model supported?</title> +<title>I have a laptop. Is my ATI Mobility model supported?</title> <body> <p> It should be, but you may have a configuration issue due to the OEM PCI id that such chips may have. In most cases, you may have to write the configuration -file yourself or use the <c>xorgconfig</c> utility. +file yourself. </p> </body> @@ -182,9 +183,8 @@ <body> <p> -The use of <c>xorgcfg</c> or <c>xorgconfig</c> to generate the -<path>xorg.conf</path> configuration file is suggested. Alternatively, you may -use the Xorg auto configuration option: +You may not need to manually create <path>xorg.conf</path> or modify it. Try +running without it first. You can also use the Xorg auto configuration option: </p> <pre caption="Autoconfiguring X"> @@ -202,9 +202,15 @@ package. </note> -<impo> +<note> PPC users could use the <c>Xorgautoconfig</c> stand-alone configuration tool by emerging the <c>Xorgautoconfig</c> ebuild, but isn't required. +</note> + +<impo> +If you're using <c>ati-drivers</c>, then you'll need to disable <c>radeonfb</c> +(and probably any other framebuffer drivers) in your kernel config, as it +conflicts with the built-in framebuffer in <c>ati-drivers</c>. </impo> </body>
