ati xorg guided install?

swooshOnLn · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 6:57 am Post subject: ati xorg guided install?

Hey, a few weeks ago when I was installing xorg w/ the ATI drivers, I ran some program (with ati) that enabled me to go step by step through the creation of my xorg.conf file. Now im on a reinstall and I cannot find out what program I used. Im pretty sure it was "aticonfig" or somthing, but "aticonfig" doesnt seem to do anything I really need. What program am I looking for?
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tboloo · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:22 am Post subject:

Use Xorg -configure or xorgconfig to generate xorg.conf, as mentioned in http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml and then run aticonfig -initail /etc/X11/xorg.conf to tweak configuration.
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Jaglover · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:45 am Post subject:

There is a better document
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ati-faq.xml

nixnut · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:32 pm Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Desktop Environments.
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bobspencer123 · Guru Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 544

it used to be fglrxconfig but for some (at least to me) unknown reason they have decided to get rid of this and utilize the aticonfig tool which only modifies a current xorg.conf to include appropriate device section.

so as a poster above said you need to set up your xorg.conf (i personally use command xorgconfig) then do:

southpaw · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:29 pm Post subject:

Does anyone know why they got rid of "fglrxconfig", it seems to me that it worked fine??? Also, if they got rid of it, does "aticonfig" do the same thing???
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bobspencer123 · Guru Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 544

I don't know why they got rid of it but it doesn't exactly do the same thing. fglrxconfig was the ati equivalent of xorgconfig. A guided question and answer method to configuring the X server. Aticonfig is a command line, input the appropriate options tool, which will alter an already existing xorg.conf, not create it.

I personally feel like it was much easier using fglrxconfig rather than aticonfig, especially for things like tv-out.