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sonicwim
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 Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:16 pm Post subject: [HOWTO] ATI closed source binary drivers |
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Because I had some problems getting the ATI closed source binary drivers to work on my Gentoo box this info might perhaps help others.
Your mileage may vary of course! 
I have an ASUS P5Q Pro motherboard with an Intel P45 chipset if this matters...
1. Log out of your current X seesion, open a console session and power down your X server
| Code: | | # /etc/init.d/xdm stop |
2. Remove the open source driver and select the right OpenGL version
| Code: | # emerge -C x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati
# eselect opengl set xorg-x11 |
3. Set the right VIDEO_CARDS variable in /etc/make.conf and update world to
install x11-drivers/ati-drivers
| Code: | # vi /etc/make.conf
VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx"
# emerge -DutNav world |
4. Create /etc/X11/xorg.conf
This example is for an ATI Radeon HD 4870 and a 23" Samsung monitor running 32 bit color in full HD resolution with a plain USB mouse and plain PS/2 keyboard, so adjust where needed.
One might also feel the need to add custom font paths.
| Code: | # vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "ServerLayout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/extensions"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri2"
Load "record"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "On"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "VendorName" "Samsung"
Option "ModelName" "SyncMaster XL2370"
Option "VertRefresh" "60"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "fglrx"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "Radeon 4870"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
Option "DynamicClocks" "on"
Option "UseFastTLS" "0"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1080" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection |
5. Re-emerge xf86-input-evdev to avoid input problems due to version mismatches
| Code: | # emerge -C x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev
# emerge -DutNav x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev |
6. Compile your new kernel without DRM support for your card (not doing so will hang your machine when X starts)
| Code: | # cd /usr/src/linux && make oldconfig && make menuconfig
Device Drivers ->
Graphics support ->
< > Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support) ---> |
Quit the configuration manager and build your kernel
| Code: | | # make && make modules_install |
Install your kernel on /boot and adjust Grub
| Code: | # mount /boot
# cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-linux-2.6.XX-gentoo-rX
# vi /boot/grub/menu.lst |
7. Select your new OpenGL implementation, reboot and enjoy!
| Code: | # eselect opengl set ati
# reboot |
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Veldrin
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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nice howto.
instead of using a full blown monolithic xorg.conf, you may also use the split one. And from my experience, only the device and dri sections are really required. e.g /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-drivers.conf
| Code: | Section "Device"
Identifier "RadeonHD 4830"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection
Section "dri"
Mode 0666
EndSection |
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GES
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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Some cards are also needed too:
| Code: | # update-pciids
# emerge radeon-ucode
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Veldrin
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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radeon-ucode is only required if the open radeon driver is used. the OP explicitly stated, that this howto is for the proprietary fglrx (ati-drivers).
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GES
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Veldrin wrote: | | radeon-ucode is only required if the open radeon driver is used. |
Thanks, I did not know. |
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sonicwim
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| Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:35 pm Post subject: Update, minor errors found |
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Hi yall,
I found some little errors in my xorg.conf but they are trivial so it took me a while to notice them... 
In the Monitor section VendorName, ModelName and VertRefresh are not options but keywords so they should not be preceded by Option and the keywords don't need double quotes. The vertical refresh rate also does not need double quotes...
In the Device section the keywords XAANoOffscreenPixmaps, AddARGBGLXVisuals and DynamicClocks aren't really needed either...
That's all folks!  |
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