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Bachmann.Matt
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 Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:55 pm Post subject: DRM? (SOLVED) |
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Hi, I have been having problems getting my ATI card in my Dell 600m Laptop working. I have scaned the forums and looked over a lot of documentation and have been able to discover when I emegre the ATI drivers I get a warning that DRM is enabled and that DRI will not work, I am just far too n00b to know where to disable that.
After some reading I thought DRM was something that I emerged but my attempt to unmerge it failed, error was that portage could not find the file on my system. So now I am totally lost.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank You
-Matt Bachmann
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hardyb
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You're a bit confused, I think.
The DRM you compiled was probably in the kernel configuration. It is a default option usually. So, seeing as it is not a package you have emerged, but a part of your kernel, you can't unmerge it. You will have to rebuild your kernel.
To save you some searching, it's in 'character devices' under 'Direct Rendering Manager'. Should have a [*] next to it. Change it so it's [ ]. If it doesn't have a [*] or [m] next to it, this is not your problem!
Then, run
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copy your new kernel to your /boot directory, reconfigure lilo/grub and you're set to try and roll the ATI drivers again.
You probly want to read up on some of the terminology for Gentoo/Linux and then reread the making ATI work forums again. Doesn't do much good to read if you don't speak the language, yea?
--Hardy
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Thank you very much for the quick reply, and I aplogize for mixing up the terms. I am quite new to all this (started 3 days ago) and am learning as I go.
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