On 10/16/2010 05:24 AM, Jeff Cranmer wrote:
OK, so let's have a go at the ATI drivers again.
First, get rid of the open source ati drivers
emerge --unmerge -av radeon-ucode xf86-video-ati
Editing the /etc/make.conf file to change the last line to
VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx"
Make sure you use this:
VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx fbdev vesa"
IIRC, fglrx needs parts of vesa and fbdev too, and crashes without them.
Unfortunately, portage does not take care of this crucial dependency
automatically; you have to do it yourself.
