On Monday 27 December 2010 23:23:32 Davide Carnovale wrote: > Volker, my card should not be supported by the ati-drivers package as it's > too old.
wtf? A 5650 is RECENT and well supported by the ati-driver package. > actually i tried emerging them and the xserver just hang on boot. > are you sure that is the right way to go? can you link me the instructions i > should follow please? http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ati-faq.xml you probably forgot to run eselect opengl set ati > > Section "Files" > > > > ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules" > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" > > > > EndSection you can nuke everything above > > > > Section "Module" > > > > Load "extmod" > > Load "glx" > > Load "dri" > > > > EndSection that section too. So far everything would have been autoloaded. > > > > Section "DRI" > > > > Mode 0666 > > > > EndSection unneccessary > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > > > Identifier "Keyboard0" > > Driver "keyboard" > > > > EndSection ok.... > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > > > Identifier "Mouse0" > > Driver "mouse" > > Option "Protocol" "auto" > > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" > > > > EndSection ok.... > > > > Section "Extensions" > > > > Option "Composite" "Enable" > > > > EndSection so not needed > > > > Section "Device" > > > > Identifier "Card0" > > Driver "radeon" > > #Option "monitor-VGA1" "Samsung2333" > > > > EndSection ok (beware.. if you use ati drivers) > > > > Section "Monitor" > > > > Identifier "Samsung2333" > > VendorName "Samsung" > > ModelName "2333" > > Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080" > > HorizSync 30-75 > > VertRefresh 56-61 > > > > EndSection last three lines not needed... > > > > Section "Screen" > > > > Identifier "Screen0" > > Device "Card0" > > Monitor "Samsung2333" > > DefaultDepth 24 > > SubSection "Display" > > > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 8 > > Modes "1920x1080" > > > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 16 > > Modes "1920x1080" > > > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 24 > > Modes "1920x1080" > > > > EndSubSection > > > > EndSection all that stuff.. is really not needed. > > > > > > Section "ServerLayout" > > > > Identifier "cruncher" > > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > > > > EndSection > > ok. > > c2stable ~ # just as example, my xorg.conf: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" EndSection Section "Files" EndSection Section "Module" Load "evdev" Load "v4l" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "DontZap" "false" Option "Xinerama" "off" Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "evdev" Option "CorePointer" Option "Name" "Logitech, Inc. MX610 Laser Cordless Mouse" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "evdev" Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "evdev" Option "XkbLayout" "de" Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0" Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver" Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor" Option "DPMS" "true" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" Driver "fglrx" Option "Monitor-DFP1" "0-DFP1" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection
