| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
schitthoch3
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 22 Mar 2004
Posts: 94
|
 Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 3:23 pm Post subject: ATI Radeon 9200 Pro, PCI, dri and Kernel |
 |
|
Hi,
I currently have a working Asus Pundit-S for my MythTV box. I'am using the onboard SIS-Graphiccard for TV-Out to my TV via S-Video. The SIS card has no dri-support so i was looking for an alternative and i have found an ATI Radeon 9200 Pro PCI - card (Pundit-S has no AGP-Slot).
So...: Looking forward to the development of the xf86-drivers-ati implementing TV-Out i was wondering how i could make use of this card.
Currently i have in my Kernel:
| Code: |
Character devices --->
<*> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support)
Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 DRI support) --->
<*> SiS chipset support
<*> Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support)
<*> SiS video cards
|
Which means i don't have x11-base/x11-drm installed seperately. Now, what would i have to do, to get dri with my ATI-PCI-card?
I suppose to get things working i could simply exchange DRM from SIS to ATI as the Chipset stays the same:
lspci
| Code: |
...
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP)
...
|
which would mean:
| Code: |
Character devices --->
<*> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support)
Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 DRI support) --->
<*> SiS chipset support
<*> Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support)
[b]<*> ATI Radeon[/b]
|
Would this be the best solutions, or should i generally use modules like described in the Wiki?
I am a bit confused what will stay SIS and what will change to ATI when doing the migration...
Or should i even switch to the seperate x11-base/x11-drm ebuild to get best performance with the newest x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati [the currently hard masked ones]
Just some preventive questions as this is a productive box, and i don't want to risk to get divorced soon 
Greetings
chris |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
|
Kernel & Hardware
