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hayaze · n00b Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 8

I got Ati Radeon X 300 SE PCI Ex. I ve recompiled the kernel, and then emerge ati-drivers, and also did fglrxconfig to make xorg.conf. fglrx module is loaded. But when i start my X , it shows error, it seems that the hardware is not detected. dmesg shows the display card is detected. Anything wrong with my card?

beatryder · Veteran Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 1138

Google for "gentoo ati guide"
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lindegur · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:33 pm Post subject:

Maybe your ATI card is not supported by the ATI-driver that you are using.
The ati-drivers supported by emerge were rather old, previously 8.14.13-r3.
The ati-driver 8.21.7-r1 became stable. A big step from 8.14. It solved my problem with X550 and even direct rendering works. :lol:

If nothing helps the kernel delivered VESA driver works fine. But having a modern PCIE card in the computer and not using its features can not be the goal.
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