skot
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Joined: 07 Mar 2004
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 Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:56 pm Post subject: ATI 9600XT working! |
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I am a fairly new to linux...I've never really spent much time with it, but it seems I always come back to try my luck some more. This time around things are going well. I installed Gentoo from stage3. After installation I started configuration and I really wanted to get my ATI 9600XT working. I was starting to think about getting a nvidia card instead.
Anyways, here are the steps of what I did to get my video card working correctly. I know these issues have been posted all over the Gentoo forums, but I thought I'd share my experience and maybe help somebody else along the way.
1. installed xorg-x11-6.8.2-r1 and made sure it was working.
2. installed ati-drivers-8.10.19
3. renamed /etc/X11/xorg.conf to /etc/X11/xorg-old.conf
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5. answered [y]/yes to "Do you want to use the external AGP GART module? This means UseInternalAGPGART will
be "no" in the soon to be new /etc/X11/xorg.conf file
6. saved as /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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8. added agpgart, nvidia_agp and fglrx modules to the list | Code: | | nano -w /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 |
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10. (startxfce4 in my case--i love it by the way:))
11. | Code: | | glxinfo | grep direct |
12. direct rendering: Yes 
I used the Gentoo ATI Radeon FAQ at http://odin.prohosting.com/wedge01/gentoo-radeon-faq.html which is an excellent source. My kernel configuration is set exactly as the guide suggests. I have everything enabled though, no modules.
My hardware is:
AMD 2500XP
Abit nfs-2
ATI 9600XT
Hope this helps somebody. Just follow the guide and you shouldn't have any problems.
EDIT: forgot to mention, I'm using kernel 2.6.11-gentoo-r4
EDIT: Also, if you compiled AGP and chipset option into the kernel like I did, you do not need to add them to modules.autolad.d like I did above (fglrx is all that is needed). |
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