ati HD2400 - is there a chance to install the ati driver?

e3k · Guru Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 515 Location: Quantum Flux

my kde is running on vesa currently, i tried a few thing to install the fglrx given by www.ati.com but now i figgured out that the installation file does not support gentoo or am i wrong? (see code)

i miss the gentoo package there or which one should i choose when running on gentoo? when i start it like 'sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.41.7-x86.x86_64.run' it does not open the installation dialogue window, just exits without any msg.

video card: Sapphire PCI Express HD2400XT 256Mb , DVI, TV out
ati driver: ati-driver-installer-8.41.7-x86.x86_64.run

K T A · Apprentice Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Posts: 210 Location: Europe

Look here: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191374 - there you find a way to modify a existing ebuild to use the latest ATI drivers which support your card.

KTA

e3k · Guru Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 515 Location: Quantum Flux

this does not work for me, they are trying to patch an ebuild there but:

i did unpack the ati-driver-installer-8.41.7-x86.x86_64.run (sh ./ati-driver*run --extract somwhere) but there is no ati-drivers-8.41.7.ebuild inside. i did also search for some text from the patch (- line) but did not find anything

where is the ebuild?

DirtyHairy · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:27 pm Post subject:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=1

e3k · Guru Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 515 Location: Quantum Flux

if i understand you correctly DirtyHairy you want me to:

emerge x11-drivers/ati-drivers/ati-drivers-8.40.4 --fetchonly

copy the *.ebuild from there to the location of the currently unpacked 8.41.7 drivers

patch the ebuild

run the ebuild?

K T A · Apprentice Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Posts: 210 Location: Europe

Ok, that is what I did:

I made a overlay for the new driver at /usr/local/portage. Made the overlay known in my make.conf:

DirtyHairy · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject:

Yepp, K T A is correct. Portage ebuilds that are part of the official tree are located in /usr/portage , and if you emerge a package, then the corresponding ebuild is executed by portage - so no need to get them, they are already there

. Since all ebuilds in /usr/portage get updated and potentially overwritten by emerge --sync, portage provides the overlay mechanism to put up a local tree of ebuilds that is not touched by updating the tree. Inofficial ebuild that you get from the net or create by patching exisiting ones go there.

So, the rough draft of the things you have to do is: create overlay -> create patched ebuild there -> emerge drivers and be happy.
This procedure has nothing to do with you downloading the ati package yourself, since it is pulled in by the ebuild. Oh, and don't forget to "ebuild digest" the patched build, otherwise it may bail out on you. And also take care to read the corresponding bug thread to the end, there are several other files in the ebuild directory that may have to be taken care of...

e3k · Guru Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 515 Location: Quantum Flux

first i had tu unmask the the ati-drivers-8.40.4 as it was masked by corruption.
using this man: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Installing_3rd_Party_Ebuilds

now explain something to me, how is it possible when i change some version numbers and do the ebuild patch that i get the new precompiled .dll from ati. when i check the gentoo portage there is nothing like 8.41.7 there.

so i still have the feeling i have to include some precompiled code from ati-driver-installer-8.41.7-x86.x86_64.run into the process. or how does it work?

K T A · Apprentice Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Posts: 210 Location: Europe

Hey, you need not worry - the ebuild in your /usr/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers dir is just a kind of skript. If you take a look at the 6th line in the ebuild you find this:

e3k · Guru Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 515 Location: Quantum Flux

thx KTA seems reasonable. so he downloads it automaticaly from ATI_URL. no need to put in somewhere on the disk. i will try it when im back from work. cheers.

e3k · Guru Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 515 Location: Quantum Flux

grejt

emerged

before emerging i did

e3k · Guru Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 515 Location: Quantum Flux

x11 did not complain. mplayer seems to play everything. what hd/sw demanding 3d game would you propose for further tests (on gentoo portage, no simulator, only rpg, shooting, or strategy)?

DirtyHairy · Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 11:29 am Post subject:

I'm no great gamer, but you a 3D game which I find fun and which is in portage is neverball. You can also try sauerbraten which is a free 3D shooter.

e3k · Guru Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 515 Location: Quantum Flux

i have emegred some ufo and it looks fine. i had some issue with textures on this neverball. but no problem i am only an occassional gamer so i can live with that (: thanks.

kwds: r600 ati-drivers gentoo hd 2400

DirtyHairy · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:08 pm Post subject:

You're welcome